It is a violation of the Minimum Wage Act [50-4-19 to 5-4-30 NMSA 1978] for an employer or any other person to discharge, demote, deny promotion to or in any other way discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of employment in retaliation for the person asserting a claim or right pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act or assisting another person to do so or for informing another person about employment rights or other rights provided by law.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 104, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 104 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 4 - Labor Conditions; Payment of Wages
Section 50-4-2 - Semimonthly and monthly pay days.
Section 50-4-3 - Joint adventurers.
Section 50-4-4 - Discharges [Discharged] employees.
Section 50-4-5 - Employees quitting employment.
Section 50-4-6 - Industrial disputes.
Section 50-4-7 - Unconditional payment of wages conceded to be due.
Section 50-4-8 - Duties of the labor commissioner [director]
Section 50-4-9 - Records, subpoenas, etc.
Section 50-4-10 - Forfeiture and penalties.
Section 50-4-13 - [Hours of employment; eating establishments.]
Section 50-4-14 - [Emergency cases; hours permitted; rate for excessive hours.]
Section 50-4-15 - [Uniform time for beginning work; notice of change.]
Section 50-4-16 - [Time records; inspection.]
Section 50-4-17 - [Failure to keep record or comply with act; penalty.]
Section 50-4-18 - [Disposition of fines.]
Section 50-4-19 - Declaration of state public policy.
Section 50-4-20 - Short title.
Section 50-4-21 - Definitions.
Section 50-4-22 - Minimum wages.
Section 50-4-22.1 - Temporary state preemption; saving clause.
Section 50-4-23 - Persons with a disability; minimum wage; director powers and duties.
Section 50-4-24 - Employers exempt from overtime provisions for certain employees.
Section 50-4-25 - Posting of summary of the act.
Section 50-4-26 - Enforcement; penalties; employees' remedies.
Section 50-4-26.1 - Retaliation prohibited.
Section 50-4-28 - Right of collective bargaining.
Section 50-4-29 - Relation to other laws.
Section 50-4-30 - Daily maximum hours of employment; exceptions.
Section 50-4-31 - Minimum length of hoe handles.
Section 50-4-32 - Continuing course of conduct.
Section 50-4-33 - Family child care provider collective bargaining; representation.
Section 50-4-34 - Request for access to social networking account prohibited.
Section 50-4-35 - Labor relations; union security agreements.