N.M. Stat. § 50-4-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 50-4-1 - Definitions

Whenever used in Sections 50-4-1 through 50-4-12 NMSA 1978:

A. "employer" includes every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver or other officer of the court of this state and any agent or officer of any of the above-mentioned classes employing any person in this state, except employers of livestock and agricultural labor; and

B. "wages" means all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece or commission basis or other method of calculating such amount.

NMS § 50-4-1

Laws 1937, ch. 109, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 57-301; 1953 Comp., § 59-3-1.

Amended by 2019, c. 242,s. 1, eff. 6/14/2019.