{"data":{"id":"us-nm/52-3-45.2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"52-3-45.2","heading":"Retaliation against employee seeking benefits; civil penalty.","body":"A. An employer shall not discharge, threaten to discharge or otherwise retaliate in the terms or conditions of employment against a worker who seeks occupational disease disablement benefits for the sole reason that that employee seeks occupational disease disablement benefits.\nB. Any person who discharges a worker in violation of Subsection A of this section shall rehire that worker pursuant to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act [Chapter 52, Article 1 NMSA 1978] and the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, provided the worker agrees to be rehired.\nC. The director or a workers' compensation judge shall impose a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation of the provisions of Subsection A or B of this section.\nD. The civil penalty shall be deposited in the workers' compensation administration fund.","path":["Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation","ARTICLE 3 Occupational Disease Disablement"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18555/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"d84d0b3a8baaded5b040b53d53fe7d262e323d17b504899d15a9419b4dc1e08e","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/52-3-45.1","next":"us-nm/52-3-45.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}