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Employer Health Plans Must Report Number of Covered Children in New Mexico

Posted: June 25, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

Employers will be required to report, by July 1, 2025, the number of children in New Mexico covered by their employer-sponsored group health plans. The reporting requirement comes from regulations under the state’s Vaccine Purchasing Act, one of a handful of state laws that put surcharges on health insurers, group

New Mexico Legalizes Medical Use of Psilocybin

Posted: May 21, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

On April 7, 2025, New Mexico became the third state to legalize psilocybin (colloquially known as “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms”) for medical purposes. New Mexico is the first state to legalize psilocybin via legislation and not a ballot initiative, like its predecessors Colorado and Oregon.

The Heat Is On – New Mexico Proposes Heat Illness Prevention Rule

Posted: April 2, 2025 | Littler Category: New Mexico

The Heat Is On – New Mexico Proposes Heat Illness Prevention Rule

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has proposed a Heat Illness and Injury Prevention (HIIP) rule with a contemplated effective date of July 1, 2025. If adopted, the HIIP rule will require New Mexico

New Mexico Bills Would Expand Protections for Medical Marijuana and Allow Use of Medical Psilocybin

Posted: April 1, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

Lawmakers in New Mexico have advanced two bills that would expand protections for medical marijuana patients and permit the use of medical psilocybin.

New Mexico Is the Next State With a Proposed Heat Illness Rule

Posted: March 26, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

New Mexico is the next state to propose a heat exposure rule for workers. The New Mexico Environment Department has proposed a rule aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses and injuries in the workplace. The proposed rule, titled “Heat Illness and Injury Prevention,” is designed to establish comprehensive standards for occupational

New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave Law Becomes Effective on July 1, 2022

Posted: June 29, 2022 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

Beginning on July 1, 2022, New Mexico’s Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA) requires private employers with even one employee working in New Mexico to provide paid sick leave (PSL) to eligible employees. The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) recently published HWA guidance, in the form of answers to frequently

An Enchanting Look at New Mexico’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave Final Regulations and Other Guidance

Posted: June 28, 2022 | Littler Category: New Mexico

On June 21, 2022, New Mexico’s Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) published final regulations implementing the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA), which will take effect throughout most parts1 of the “Land of Enchantment” on July 1, 2022.

Sick Leave for All New Mexico Employees Begins July 1: What Employers Should Know

Posted: June 24, 2022 | Jackson Lewis Category: New Mexico

The New Mexico Healthy Workplaces Act (“NMHWA”) requires all private employers in New Mexico to provide all employees one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Employees may use up to 64 hours of earned sick leave per the employer’s defined 12-month period. Employees will be able

New Mexico Enacts Paid Sick Leave Law

Posted: April 21, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Mexico

On April 7, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 20, enacting the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA), which will require private employers in New Mexico with at least one employee to provide paid sick leave to employees. The new law becomes effective on July 1, 2022.

New Mexico Will Join the Growing List of States Where Recreational Marijuana is Legal

Posted: April 20, 2021 | Littler Category: New Mexico

On April 12, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed two bills into law, legalizing the use and possession of recreational cannabis and allowing for the expungement of certain cannabis-related criminal records.  With this development, New Mexico joins many other states that have legalized recreational cannabis for adults

New Marijuana Laws in New Mexico and Virginia

Posted: April 14, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: New Mexico

2021 has brought a flurry of activity surrounding marijuana laws, particularly recreational marijuana use. The number of states approving recreational marijuana continues to grow.

New Mexico

On April 12, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the state’s recreational marijuana bill. The New Mexico recreational marijuana law will take

New Mexico’s Healthy Workplaces Act Brings Paid Sick and Safe Time Law to the Land of Enchantment

Posted: April 14, 2021 | Littler Category: New Mexico

On April 8, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 20, the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA). This law, effective July 1, 2022, will require all private employers to provide paid leave to employees that they can use for sick time, safe time, or other

New Mexico: Private Employers Must Provide Up to 64 Hours of Paid Sick Leave to Employees in 2022

Posted: April 12, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: New Mexico

Beginning on July 1, 2022, New Mexico will join 15 other states (and Washington, D.C.) in requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.

New Mexico Implements Employer Reporting Rule for COVID-19 Cases

Posted: August 7, 2020 | Littler Category: New Mexico

In addition to other measures New Mexico is taking to try to control the coronavirus pandemic, effective August 5, 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau of the New Mexico Environment Department (NM OSHA) implemented an emergency amendment to its injury and illness reporting regulation, 11 NMAC §5.1.16.

New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Tribal Casino Immune from Workers’ Compensation Claims

Posted: January 27, 2020 | Littler Category: New Mexico

On January 16, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued its decision in Mendoza v. Isleta Resort and Casino, holding that a tribe does not waive its sovereign immunity to workers’ compensation claims merely by committing in a tribal gaming compact1 to establish a workers’ compensation program. Tribal employers that negotiate gaming compacts will find this case of interest.

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