HOUSE BILL 189
53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018
INTRODUCED BY
Monica Youngblood
AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT; MAKING CERTAIN TERMS OF PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT LAW UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] STATE LAW SUPREMACY--EMPLOYMENT REGULATION.--A political subdivision of the state, including a home rule municipality and a home rule county, or an institution of the state shall not adopt a law, policy or resolution that:
A. regulates or attempts to regulate the hours, scheduling or leave that a private sector employer provides its employees; or
B. requires or attempts to require a private sector employer to provide an employee:
(1) paid or unpaid leave;
(2) a fringe benefit; or
(3) a benefit for which the employer would incur an expense.
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