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Beginning July 1, 2022, New Mexico will require private employers to provide up to 64 paid sick leave hours to their employees each year. The Healthy Workplaces Act (“HWA”) was signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 8, 2021 and brings New Mexico alongside 15 other states with paid sick time laws. Notably, the state-wide law follows Bernalillo County Ordinance 2019-17, which mandates employers within the county provide paid time off. That ordinance took effect July 1, 2020.
Some of the high-level points to note from the HWA include the following:
Employer. The Act defines “employer” broadly to include an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons employing one or more employees at any one time. Unlike other states, there is no “step-down” provision for smaller employers.