Article 873-E Federal Labor Law
TITLE FOURTEEN. Labor Procedural Law · CHAPTER XVII. On the ordinary procedure · Section One. Preliminary Hearing
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The preliminary hearing has as its purpose:
a)To purify the proceeding and resolve the dilatory exceptions raised by the parties;
b)To establish the uncontroverted facts;
c)To admit or reject the evidence offered by the parties, as the case may be;
d)To summon for the trial hearing;
e)To resolve the reconsideration appeal against the acts or omissions of the instructing secretary.