Effective January 1, 2020, employees in the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, must be paid increased minimum wage and tipped wage rates. This annual adjustment is based on an increase, if any, in the prior calendar year’s Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers in the Western Region. The new minimum wage […]
The City of Santa Fe, New Mexico has released the updated Living Wage notice for 2019. As required by the City of Santa Fe Living Wage Ordinance, the wage is adjusted annually on March 1, based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index. 2019 Living Wage Adjustment Effective March 1, 2019, all employees, including […]
As we reported a couple of months ago in our blog about minimum wage increases in New Mexico cities, employers in unincorporated Bernalillo County are subject to a minimum wage adjustment every January 1. At that time, we also reported that Bernalillo County’s Minimum Wage notice would probably not be available until March 2019, based […]
Every January 1, the City of Albuquerque, the City of Las Cruces, and Unincorporated Bernalillo County are subject to a minimum wage update. However, Bernalillo County’s Minimum Wage notice is not typically available until roughly 2 months after the first of the year, so we’ll be reporting on that at a much later date. For now, keep […]
The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) has released an update to the Minimum Wage Act notice, which includes important information for both employees and employers. Before we share all the details, please note that New Mexico’s minimum wage has not been increased—it is still $7.50 per hour. What’s New for Employees and Employers? Employees Who Receive Tips […]
Over the past couple of years, there has been an upsurge in the number of municipalities that have passed minimum wage ordinances with higher rates than the state minimum wage laws. As a result, the number of mandatory city and county labor law posters has increased significantly. As of 2018, a total of 35 cities […]
The latest required changes to the New Mexico labor law poster are a new Human Trafficking poster and an update to the Minimum Wage poster. A new law has passed that requires a state poster about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. For the Minimum Wage Act, new information was added to the penalties […]
The latest required change to the New Mexico labor law poster is on the Minimum Wage Act. New information was added to the penalties section regarding consequences for employers who violate the Minimum Wage Act. First, those in violation are subject to new provisions, whereas the previous poster outlined specific fines and penalties. Also, violators […]
Q: Does New Mexico have a new whistleblower poster coming out? A: The New Mexico Whistleblower Protection Act was signed into law Feb. 27, 2010, but it applies only to New Mexico government employees. The new law states: “Every employer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on the public employer’s premises notices […]
Q: There is a new New Mexico Domestic Violence Leave Law that requires employers to give leave to victims of domestic abuse. Will a new state labor law poster be required for this law? A: A new domestic violence leave law for New Mexico went into effect July 1. The […]