On the morning edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation on Monday, November 6th, the “Agreement for the Suppression and Determination of Territorial Jurisdiction of the Special Boards of the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board and the Creation of the Indicated Auxiliary Offices” was published. . Through this agreement, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, in the exercise of its powers, decided to suppress several Special Boards, consequently expanding the territorial jurisdiction of others.
For clarity, these were the changes:
- Special Board number 6, based in Mexico City, is absorbed by Special Board number 10, also in Mexico City.
- Special Board number 24, based in Aguascalientes, is absorbed by Special Board number 50, located in Querétaro, Querétaro
- Special Board number 40, based in Ensenada, is absorbed by Special Board number 59, located in Tijuana, Baja California.
- Special Boards number 44 and 54, based in Poza Rica and Orizaba, respectively, are absorbed by Special Board number 22, located in Xalapa, Veracruz.
- Special Board number 56, based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, is absorbed by Special Board number 21, located in Mérida, Yucatán.
- Special Board number 42, based in Torreón, Coahuila, will no longer accept cases against the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers. These cases will be absorbed by Special Board number 1, located in Mexico City.
According to the agreement, the absorbed Special Boards are transformed into Auxiliary Offices. These new offices will have the same address as the abolished boards. Furthermore, they will be responsible for carrying out all procedural procedures in the instruction phase. This means that all initial hearings, the presentation of evidence, and their handling will take place in these offices.
As for cases mentioned for the issuance of an award or those where the award has already been issued, they will be processed and managed at the headquarters of the boards that expand their jurisdiction.
It is important to note that, as of now, clear guidelines on the operation of these auxiliary offices have not been established, nor has the fate of the personnel working in them or their powers from the effective date of the Agreement been clarified. This has generated uncertainty among workers, businesses, and litigants.
We hope that in the coming weeks, the Ministry of Labor will issue a statement that precisely outlines how this transition will be carried out and what the process will be for the follow-up and handling of cases conducted in the abolished conciliation boards.
The Vega Guerrero & Asociados team will keep you informed about all the details related to this matter so that you have the necessary information to understand the progress and future of the cases being processed in the dissolved labor boards.
