Article 988 Federal Labor Law
TITLE FIFTEEN. Execution Procedures · CHAPTER III. Para-procedural or voluntary procedures
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The employees older than fifteen years, but younger than eighteen, who have not finished their compulsory basic education, may appear before the competent Court requesting authorization to work, and shall accompany the documents that they deem convenient, to establish the compatibility between the studies and the work.
The Court, immediately upon receiving the request, shall rule as appropriate.