Article 22 of the Mexican Federal Labor Law
Those over fifteen years of age may freely render their services with the limitations established in this Law.
Those older than fifteen and younger than sixteen need authorization from their parents or guardians and in the absence of such parents or guardians, from the union to which they belong, from the Court, the Labor Inspector or the Political Authority.
Paragraph amended by the Decree amending, adding and repealing various provisions of the Federal Labor Law, the Organic Law of the Federal Judiciary, the Federal Public Defender’s Office Law, the Law of the National Workers’ Housing Fund Institute and the Social Security Law, in matters of Labor Justice, Union Freedom and Collective Bargaining, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on May 1, 2019.
The minor workers must receive the payment of their salaries and exercise, as the case may be, the actions that correspond to them.
Article amended by the Decree amending and repealing several provisions of the Federal Labor Law, regarding child labor, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on June 12, 2015.