The working conditions of Mexico’s Supreme Court grant its staff “una tolerancia de quince minutos,” a tolerance of fifteen minutes, after the start of the working day. Four ordinary late arrivals in a month cost half a day’s pay.
The Mexico City government’s working conditions of 2010 give ten minutes. An arrival up to minute 20 is a minor delay, and up to minute 30 a serious one. After minute 30, the employee may work only with the supervisor’s permission.