ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new federal program designed to help restaurants, bars and other food establishments that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic .
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On April 8, 2021, New Mexico’s Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed House Bill 20, the Healthy Workplaces Act (“Act”). Effective July 1, 2022, all private employers must provide eligible employees in New Mexico up to 64 hours of paid sick leave (“PSL”) for each 12-month period, as described below. The Act applies to all employees, including full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees. An employer’s existing sick leave or paid time off policy may be used to comply with the Act, provided it meets the minimum requirements of the Act.
Accrual of PSL
The Act requires employees to accrue PSL at a rate of at least one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 64 hours, beginning on the later of (i) the commencement of employment or (ii) July 1, 2022. There is no waiting period to use PSL, and employees may use any available PSL as it is accrued. PSL may be taken in one-hour increments, unless the employer allows P
The jobless rate for the Farmington MSA fell from 10.1% in February to 9.7% in March.
The rates for the state as a whole and the Farmington MSA remained higher than they were a year ago and above the national jobless rate.
Every major industry in the state has been rocked by the recession, with leisure and hospitality hit the hardest.
FARMINGTON While New Mexico s unemployment rate remained steady last month, the jobless rate for the Farmington metropolitan statistical area declined by nearly a half a percentage point.
According to figures released April 16 by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, the state s unemployment rate remained at 8.3% in March, the same as it was a month earlier. But the rate for the Farmington MSA fell from 10.1% in February to 9.7% in March.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The Department of Workforce Solutions continues to play a critical role during the pandemic
Throughout the last year, the department has been overwhelmed. During the peak last summer, 150,000 unemployment claims were filed.
But there have been challenges with overpayments, federal payments and the draining of the trust fund.
Friday, the man who has been in charge of the department during the pandemic, Bill McCamley, announced he was stepping down.
McCamley had a huge task to keep New Mexicans afloat while doing the same for the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions.
“People really need help right now,” said McCamley in November. “We ve said it over and over again. We recognize that people need this help.