To work on polling day, they must pay triple

Milthon Minor / The Voice of the Frontier

Mexicali.- This Sunday is the Federal Election, and according to the Federal Labor Law (LFT), it is mandatory day off, said the prosecutor General Defense of Labor, Miriam Lizbeth Felix Diarte

Workers who are required to go to work must receive their normal salary, plus 200%, that is to say the triple payment, in accordance with Article 74 of the Law.

the employee must have sufficient time to vote, which is his right, this is stated in Article 132 of the LFT.

The official said that if there is a breach of the obligations of the employer, the worker can file a complaint to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, for this you can call the 089 or go in person.

Following a complaint, the authority may conduct an inspection and determine whether it is necessary to impose a fine. On the other hand, he stressed that workers can not leave the source of their work without the prior permission of the employer, in order to make their law effective, because they are obliged to provide their services on time and on fixed days

. this space being subordinate to the orders of the employer and can not alone leave the source of the work, the deployment of this behavior would consequently involve a sanction of the worker by the employer. "