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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.
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Earlier this month, New Mexico passed a statewide paid sick leave law, requiring all private employers with one or more employees to provide eligible employees with paid sick leave. The law becomes effective July 1, 2022.
On April 7, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
signed into law the New Mexico Healthy Workplaces Act (the “Act”), House Bill 20,[1] which requires covered employers to provide eligible employees with paid sick leave and permits use of up to 64 hours of paid sick leave per year. New Mexico is the sixteenth state to enact a statewide paid sick leave or paid time off (“PTO”) mandate, joining a number of neighboring or nearby states, including Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada.[2] The new statewide law goes into effect on July 1, 2022.
Today, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has altered the public health directives for the state. According to new directives issued today, houses of worship in New Mexico may hold religious services up to 100% of the capacity of any outdoor or enclosed space on the premises.
Effective Friday, April 23rd, Bishop Peter Baldacchino has removed the restrictions on Mass attendance and will continue to leave it in the capable hands of the priests in the diocese to celebrate Masses, Funerals, and Weddings at the capacity which they deem prudent while continuing to be aware of their parish realities and the current health precautions set forth by the State and Federal Government. Catholics are still dispensed from the obligation of Sunday Mass, and those that are at risk for COVID-19 are encouraged to stay home and watch the numerous live stream Masses available in the diocese.