Use of AI in labor proceedings (Federal Law on Labor, arts. 688 Bis to 688 Quinquies)

What it is. Adds a Chapter I Bis to Title Fourteen 'Labor Procedural Law' of the Federal Law on Labor to regulate the use of AI tools in labor proceedings.

Who. Sen. Agustín Dorantes Lámbarri (PAN). When. Presented to the Comisión Permanente (Standing Commission) on July 8, 2026. Status. Referred (turnada) to the Joint Commissions on Justice; on Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence in Mexico; and Legislative Studies, Second.

The principles it establishes

It subjects the use of AI tools to ten guiding principles: legality, transparency, traceability, human oversight, explainability, personal data protection, non-discrimination, accountability, proportionality, and information security. Responsibility for actions and decisions remains with judges and public servants with judicial functions (personas juzgadoras y servidoras públicas con funciones jurisdiccionales): AI cannot substitute for legal reasoning, automatically assess evidence, determine contested facts, or make decisions without human intervention.

Why it matters

It is one of the 14 mirror bills that Senator Dorantes presented on July 8, 2026 to insert the same chapter, "On the use of AI tools," into nearly all Mexican procedural law—from administrative contention and labor law (derecho contencioso administrativo y lo laboral) to criminal, commercial, agrarian, and military law—plus an amendment to constitutional article 17. Together they pursue a single standard: AI as an auxiliary tool, under human oversight, without substituting the judgment of those who judge or decide.

Sources

Record from the Observatorio IA México archive. Summary verified against the official source.