Article 871 Federal Labor Law
TITLE FOURTEEN. Labor Procedural Law · CHAPTER XVII. On the ordinary procedure
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The ordinary procedure shall begin with the presentation of the written complaint before the Office of Parts or the Receiving Unit of the competent Court.
In the procedural acts of the written phase of the procedure up to before the preliminary hearing, the Court may avail itself, for the issuance of the orders or rulings, of an instructor secretary, who may issue the following orders:
a)Admit the complaint or require it to be corrected and, where applicable, remedy it in accordance with the labor rules and the provisions of this Law;
b)Order the notification to the defendant;
c)Order the notices, transfers and notifications;
d)Admit and, where applicable, provide regarding the evidence offered to accredit the dilatory exceptions;
e)Issue the precautionary measures, and
f)Any others that the judge orders.
Against the acts or omissions of the instructor secretary, the reconsideration appeal shall lie, which must be filed orally at the preliminary hearing and shall be resolved without further procedure by the judge of the proceedings, after hearing the parties at said hearing. If the appeal is upheld, the judge shall modify the challenged act insofar as applicable and shall provide what is conducive to remedying the act or omission appealed.