{"data":{"id":"us-nm/50-17-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"50-17-8","heading":"Exercise of rights protected; retaliation prohibited.","body":"A. An employer shall not take or threaten any adverse action whatsoever against an employee:\n(1) that is reasonably likely to deter such employee from exercising or attempting to exercise a right granted pursuant to the Healthy Workplaces Act; or\n(2) because the employee:\n(a) has exercised or attempted to exercise such rights;\n(b) has reasonably alleged violations of the Healthy Workplaces Act; or\n(c) has raised a concern about violations of the Healthy Workplaces Act to the employer, the employer's agent, other employees, a government agency or to the public through print, online, social or any other media.\nB. An employer shall not attempt to require an employee to sign a contract or other agreement that would limit or prevent the employee from asserting rights provided for in the Healthy Workplaces Act or to otherwise establish a workplace policy that would limit or prevent the exercise of such rights. An employer's attempt to impose such a contract, agreement or policy shall constitute an adverse action enforceable pursuant to the Healthy Workplaces Act.\nC. An employer shall not count use of sick leave in a way that will lead to discipline, discharge, demotion, non-promotion, less favorable scheduling, reduction of hours, suspension or any other adverse action.","path":["Chapter 50 - Employment Law","ARTICLE 17 Healthy Workplaces"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18553/index.do","current_through":"2024-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"c49e6150b572ee1fe4459eafbfc48e5b2400b793d7725e325cb00d17876c8cad","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/50-17-7","next":"us-nm/50-17-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}