No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act [Chapter 50, Article 6 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 80-106; 1941 Comp., § 57-501; 1953 Comp., § 59-6-1; Laws 1973, ch. […]
Chapter 50, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Child Labor Act”. History: Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 257 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the […]
All work permits and records and the premises where children are employed are subject to inspection by representatives of the labor and industrial division of the labor department. The director of the division may, for cause, cancel a work permit with the concurrence of the officer issuing the permit but, in case they disagree, the […]
The frequent presence of any child under sixteen years of age, during school hours, at any place where workers are at work more or less habitually shall be prima facie evidence that such child is unlawfully engaged in labor, if no permit is exhibited. History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 12; C.S. 1929, § 80-117; […]
A. A person who employs a child, or who is the parent, guardian or custodian of a child, and who permits that child to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of the Child Labor Act is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Each violation of the Child Labor Act constitutes a separate offense. […]
The district courts are hereby given original jurisdiction in all cases of violations of the provisions of the Child Labor Act. History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 14; C.S. 1929, § 80-119; 1941 Comp., § 57-514; 1953 Comp., § 59-6-14; 2007, ch. 257, § 13. ANNOTATIONS The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, changed the […]
There shall be a “state child labor inspector”, appointed by and subject to the director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department. The inspector must be qualified by special training and experience for this work and must pass a satisfactory examination given by the director of the labor and industrial division of […]
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-6-15.1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 175, § 4; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 24 and Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16 repealed 50-6-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 175, § 4, relating to the transfer of […]
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-6-16, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 298, § 1; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 24 and Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16 repealed 50-6-16 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 298, § 1, relating to the sale of […]
A. A child under the age of sixteen may be employed without obtaining a work permit and without the restrictions on the age of the child or time of employment imposed by Sections 50-6-1 through 50-6-3 NMSA 1978 if the child is employed: (1) by a parent in an occupation other than manufacturing or mining […]
A. For the purposes of this section, a “performer” means a person employed to act or otherwise participate in the performing arts, including motion picture, theatrical, radio or television products. B. A performer under eighteen years of age is considered a child subject to the Child Labor Act unless: (1) the performer has satisfied the […]
A. Whenever a child is employed in the performing arts, the child’s parent, guardian or trustee shall establish a trust account in the child’s state of residence for the benefit of the child within seven business days after the child’s employment contract is signed, and the employer shall deposit fifteen percent of the child’s gross […]
A child over the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation without procuring and filing a work permit unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act. History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 80-107; 1941 […]
A. Children over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation for more than forty hours in any one week nor more than eight hours in any one day when school is not in session unless otherwise provided for in […]
A. A child under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed or permitted to labor at any of the following occupations or in any of the following positions: (1) on or around belted machines while in motion; (2) on or around power-driven woodworking machines used for cutting, shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire […]
No child under the age of eighteen years shall be employed or permitted to labor in any mine or quarry underground or at or about any place where explosives are used. However, children under the age of eighteen years but not under the age of fourteen years may be employed to separate mica if blasting […]
History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 7; C.S. 1929, § 80-112; 1941 Comp., § 57-507; Laws 1943, ch. 112, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 59-6-7; Laws 1973, ch. 115, § 6; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2007, ch. 257, § 16 repealed 50-6-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by […]
A. Work permits shall be issued only by the school superintendents, school principals, designated issuing school officers or the director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department or the director’s designee. B. A work permit shall not be issued to a child until satisfactory proof has been furnished that the work in […]
The officer authorized to issue work permits may renew a work permit at the expiration date thereof for a period not exceeding one year upon a satisfactory showing upon the part of the child, the child’s parent, guardian or custodian that the provisions of the Child Labor Act are being complied with and that the […]
Whenever any child is employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation permitted by the laws of this state, the employer of the child shall preserve on file the work permit of the child and shall keep posted in a conspicuous place about the premises where the child is employed a list of all […]
