Posts Tagged ‘minimum wage’
Work Search Requirement Reinstated
May 14, 2021 – New Mexico’s Department of Workforce Solutions is reinstating the job search requirement that it put on hold during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that businesses are reopening and expanding, those receiving unemployment support will again have to prove that they are actively seeking work. The Line opinion panelists discuss…
Read MoreNew Mexico Faces Backlog of Wage Theft Complaints | The Line
January 31, 2020 – New Mexico is dealing with a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. That backlog accumulated before New Mexico’s minimum wage went from $7.50 to $9.00 an hour on the first of this year. Gene Grant and The Line panelists give…
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