This act [12-10C-1 to 12-10C-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act”. History: Laws 2006, ch. 98, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2006, ch. 98 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 17, 2006, 90 days after […]
As used in the Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act: A. “emergency or disaster” means an event so declared by the governor or president of the United States; and B. “volunteer emergency responder” means a person who is a member in good standing of a volunteer fire department, an emergency medical service, a search and […]
A. An employee shall not be terminated, demoted or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because the employee, when serving as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from the employee’s place of employment in order to respond to an emergency or disaster. B. Subsection A of this section […]
In addition to other available remedies, an employee who has been terminated, demoted or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment in violation of the Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act may bring a cause of action seeking reinstatement of the employee’s former position, payment of back wages, reinstatement […]
