Article 906 Federal Labor Law

The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules:

I.If the promoting party does not attend the hearing, it shall be deemed to have withdrawn its application;

II.If the opposing party does not attend, it shall be deemed to disagree with any settlement. The promoting party shall make an exposition of the facts and of the causes that gave origin to the conflict and shall ratify its request;

III.If both parties attend, the Court, after hearing their arguments, shall exhort them to seek a conciliatory settlement. Its members may make the suggestions they judge convenient for the settlement of the conflict;

IV.If the parties reach an agreement, the conflict shall be deemed terminated. The agreement, approved by the Court, shall produce all the legal effects inherent to a judgment (sentencia);

V.If no agreement is reached, the parties shall make an exposition of the facts and causes that gave origin to the conflict and shall formulate their requests and for those that by their nature cannot be taken, a day and hour shall be set for it;

VI.Once the expositions of the parties are concluded and their requests formulated, the admitted evidence shall be taken, and

VII.Once the evidence is taken, the parties shall be granted the use of the floor to formulate arguments briefly and the case shall be declared ready for judgment.

VIII.Repealed.