Section 50-4-19 – Declaration of state public policy.
It is declared to be the policy of this act (1) to establish minimum wage and overtime compensation standards for all workers at levels consistent with their health, efficiency and general well-being, and (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards which are adequate to maintain the health, efficiency and general well-being of […]
Section 50-4-20 – Short title.
Sections 50-4-19 through 50-4-30 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Minimum Wage Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 59-3-20.1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 227, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Who is employed in “executive capacity” within exemption, under 29 USCS § 213(a)(1), from minimum wage and maximum hours […]
Section 50-4-21 – Definitions.
As used in the Minimum Wage Act: A. “employ” includes suffer or permit to work; B. “employer” includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or organized group of persons employing one or more employees at any one time, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an […]
Section 50-4-22 – Minimum wages.
A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, an employer shall pay to an employee a minimum wage rate of: (1) prior to January 1, 2020, at least seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) an hour; (2) beginning January 1, 2020 and prior to January 1, 2021, at least nine dollars ($9.00) an hour; […]
Section 50-4-22.1 – Temporary state preemption; saving clause.
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, cities, counties, home rule municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state shall not adopt or continue in effect any law or ordinance that would mandate a minimum wage rate higher than that set forth in the Minimum Wage Act [50-4-19 to 50-4-30 NMSA 1978]. […]
Section 50-4-14 – [Emergency cases; hours permitted; rate for excessive hours.]
Nothing in Section 3 [50-4-13 NMSA 1978] of this act, shall be construed so as to prevent work in excess of ten hours per day in emergency cases; provided that in no one week of seven days shall there be permitted more than seventy-four hours of labor, and provided that work in excess of seventy […]
Section 50-4-15 – [Uniform time for beginning work; notice of change.]
The beginning of the day of labor shall be uniform as provided for by the rules or regulations governing to [the] place of employment; provided, however, that in case any change in the time of the beginning of the day of labor is desired, it shall be the duty of the management of such an […]
Section 50-4-16 – [Time records; inspection.]
Every employer to whom this act [50-4-13 to 50-4-18 NMSA 1978] applies shall be required to keep a time record showing the number of hours each male employee worked each day. Such record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the state labor commissioner [director of the labor and industrial division], […]
Section 50-4-17 – [Failure to keep record or comply with act; penalty.]
The failure of any employer [any employer who fails] to keep such a record, or [makes] any false entry therein, or the failure [fails] to comply with the provisions of this act [50-4-13 to 50-4-18 NMSA 1978], shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars […]
Section 50-4-18 – [Disposition of fines.]
All fines collected for violation of this act [50-4-13 to 50-4-18 NMSA 1978] shall be deposited with the state treasurer, and be covered in the free textbook fund. History: Laws 1933, ch. 149, § 8; 1941 Comp., § 57-319; 1953 Comp., § 59-3-19. ANNOTATIONS