Sections 5 through 8 [10-16H-1 to 10-16H-4 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Public Employee Caregiver Leave Act”. History: Laws 2019, ch. 177, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 177 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, […]
As used in the Public Employee Caregiver Leave Act: A. “eligible employee” means, except as provided pursuant to Section 8 [10-16H-4 NMSA 1978] of this 2019 act, an individual who is an officer or employee of the state or of a public school and who, in accordance with the policies of the state agency or […]
A. A state agency or public school that provides eligible employees with sick leave for an eligible employee’s own illness or injury or to receive health care shall permit its eligible employees to use accrued sick leave to care for their family members in accordance with the same terms and procedures that the state agency […]
A. The provisions of the Public Employee Caregiver Leave Act shall not apply to any employment expressly exempted under rules adopted by the state personnel office or any other state agency. B. Nothing in the Public Employee Caregiver Leave Act shall be construed to invalidate, diminish or otherwise interfere with any collective bargaining agreement, nor […]
