Updated guidance to reflect amended rules regarding employee compensation during leave and the use of leave by suspended employees, effective April 10, 2025.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect recent amendments, effective retroactively to January 1, 2025, that provide enhanced protections for employees elected or appointed to public office.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect recent amendments, effective retroactively to January 1, 2025, that provide enhanced protections for employees elected or appointed to public office.
Updated statement to reflect state-issued FAQs that indicate that the 120-day waiting period does not apply under the lump sum method of providing leave.
Updated statement to reflect state-issued FAQs that indicate that the 120-day waiting period does not apply under the lump sum method of providing leave.
Employers that have two or more employees within the unincorporated limits of Bernalillo County (i.e., outside the city limits of Albuquerque) should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about the availability of paid leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with Bernalillo County's Employee Wellness Act and New Mexico's Healthy Workplaces Act.
California employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of kin care leave and to show their compliance with California's kin care law.