Ixegora Clock records when each person starts and ends work, on a tablet or from their phone, with the server's time, chained records that cannot be altered without it showing, and the agreement that documents each person's consent, which is what the law requires for full evidentiary weight. No time clocks to buy.
The labour ministry (STPS) rules take effect on January 1, 2027
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The decree published in Mexico's Official Gazette (DOF) on May 1, 2026 added section XXXIV to article 132 of the Federal Labour Law: employers must electronically record each worker's working hours, including start and end times, and provide them to the authorities on request.
The provisions setting who the obligation applies to and its exceptions take effect on January 1, 2027 (fifth transitional article). The obligation itself has been in the law since May 1, 2026.
From 250 to 5,000 UMA (art. 994, sec. IV Bis; 2026 UMA: $117.31 MXN). If the omission affects several people, the fine applies for each one (art. 992).
The record carries full evidentiary weight if it is shown that worker and employer agreed to it (art. 132, sec. XXXIV). In a dispute, the employer must prove the working hours (art. 784, sec. VIII).
What article 132, section XXXIV says, when it applies, what to record, full evidentiary weight and the fine.
General information based on the text published in the DOF; not legal advice. Review your case with your labour lawyer.
Hardly anyone starts without first asking whether it really applies to them. These are the most common doubts, and what Clock does with each one.
“We already have a time clock.”
What already worksIt may do the job if it records each person's start and end time and you can export it. Check whether it documents the agreement with each person, which the law requires for full evidentiary weight, and keeps a trail of who corrected what. The table below tells you what to look for.
“We keep it in Excel.”
Today's recordIt is an electronic file, but someone types the time. It can be changed without a trace and does not prove who checked in or when. In Clock the server sets the time and each record is chained to the previous one.
“Our people don't have company phones.”
The equipmentThey don't need one. With a tablet at the entrance people check in with their employee number and a PIN. The phone is optional, for field staff or sites without a tablet.
“Let's wait for the STPS rules.”
The calendarThe obligation has been in the law since May 1, 2026. The rules will set who it applies to and the exceptions on January 1, 2027. Starting in December leaves no time for the agreement or for people to get used to it.
The law requires an electronic record of each person's start and end time that you can hand to the authorities. For it to also carry full evidentiary weight, it has to be agreed with each person.
| Format | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Paper or a signed list | Not enough | It is not an electronic record, which is what the law requires. |
| Excel or a record typed by hand | Hard to defend | Someone types the time: it can be changed without a trace and does not prove who checked in or when. |
| Time clock that can't export | Falls short | It records, but if you can't pull the history by person and period, or punches can be deleted, you have nothing to hand over. |
| Time clock that exports | Can work | Check that you have an agreement accepted by each person and that corrections keep their reason and who approved them. |
| Ixegora Clock | Built for this | Server time, an agreement per person, corrections with a trail and a records file per period to hand over. |
Clock records from the day of setup; old punches are not loaded, because a record someone uploads later no longer proves the time. Keep what your previous system stored: attendance records are kept for the last year and one more after the employment ends (art. 804).
Based on the text of the law and on what a record needs to serve as evidence. The STPS will publish the scope and exception rules; this is not legal advice.
“What could it cost us not to do it?”
Fines of 250 to 5,000 UMA for each person affected, and in a dispute the company has to prove the working hours. With Clock the record is ready to show.
“Is this going to mean more work?”
Less: lateness, absences, overtime and night hours are calculated against the shift, and corrections arrive as requests with their approval.
“Does this hold up if we're sued?”
An agreement accepted by each person, chained records that can't be altered without it showing, and a sealed records file per period.
“What if there's no network or no tablet?”
People check in from their phone, and offline the record is stored and sent on its own when the connection returns.
At the site entrance: employee number and a PIN only that person knows.
The tablet shows a code that changes every 30 seconds; the person scans it with their account.
For field staff and sites without a tablet. The phone signs with its own fingerprint or face, and location is taken only at check-in.
If the network goes down, the tablet stores the check-in encrypted and sends it on its own when the connection returns, and the phone signs it on the spot. It arrives flagged, with the device's time and the time it arrived.
Sites with their time zone and geofence, people by CSV, shifts and tablets.
Each person accepts it once, in their account or on the tablet: that documents the agreement the law requires for full evidentiary weight.
With the server's time, not the device's. Anything outside the geofence is recorded and goes to review.
Lateness, absences, overtime, night hours and Sundays, against each person's shift.
The supervisor validates, the person confirms or objects, and HR closes the sealed period.
Each check-in is chained to the previous one: any alteration is detected.
Who asked, who approved and why. The original record does not change.
Missed check-ins, leave, vacation, sick leave and overtime, with their approval.
Period validated by the supervisor, confirmed by the person and sealed by HR.
People see their own records; supervisors, only their team.
Spanish, English, German and Japanese, for teams with a foreign parent company.
The phone validates with its own fingerprint or face; Ixegora never receives or stores that data.
One point at the moment of check-in, never in the background.
Time records live apart from Ixegora's reports: no query can join them.
Name and employee number in a CSV: that sets everyone up at once.
With their time zone and, if you want a geofence, their location.
Any tablet with a browser at the entrance, or each person's phone.
We start from a template; review it with your labour lawyer before publishing it.
You only pay for people who checked in at least once that month. The first 100 keep their rate and only the next ones pay the lower one.
With 150 active workers: 100 × $19.99 + 50 × $14.99 = $2,748.50 per month.
Minimum 10 workers per month. One-time setup of $1,499. Billed at the end of each month, on that month's active workers.
Your whistleblowing channel and your time recording with the same provider, and 20% off Clock.
The obligation has been in Mexico's Federal Labour Law since May 1, 2026 (art. 132, sec. XXXIV). The STPS provisions setting who it applies to and its exceptions take effect on January 1, 2027 (fifth transitional article of the decree).
Not necessarily. If it records each person's start and end time and you can export it, it may do the job; check that you have an agreement accepted by each person and a trail of corrections. If any of that is missing, Clock runs on tablets and phones you already have, with nothing to install.
No. The law requires the record to be electronic but does not set a method or a device. Ixegora Clock works with a tablet or with each person's phone.
The tablet stores the check-in encrypted and sends it on its own when the connection returns, and the phone signs it on the spot. The record arrives flagged, with the device's time and the time it arrived.
No. With the phone, the phone itself validates the fingerprint or face, and Ixegora only receives a public key. The tablet uses a PIN.
$19.99 per active worker per month up to 100, and $14.99 from 101 to 500, in tiers, plus VAT, with a minimum of 10 workers. Active means checked in at least once that month.
Clock exports each period's records file, for the whole company, a site or a person, in PDF and CSV, with the digital fingerprints that show nothing changed.
Try it today with fictional data or request your setup: we do it with you.