{"data":{"id":"us-nm/69-8-17","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"69-8-17","heading":"Employee rights.","body":"An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against, cause to be discharged or cause discrimination against an employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment in a mine subject to the Mining Safety Act because the employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment has filed or made a complaint under or related to that act or Chapter 69, Article 5 NMSA 1978, including a complaint notifying the operator, the operator's agent or the state mine inspector of an alleged danger or a safety or health violation in a mine, or because the employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment has instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding under or related to the Mining Safety Act or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding.","path":["Chapter 69 - Mines","ARTICLE 8 Mining Safety"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18572/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"3568614d711634fafbf6bc4992060df87b944362861884787d16646b7f9df67b","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/69-8-16","next":"us-nm/69-9-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}