It is declared to be the policy of this act (1) to establish minimum wage and overtime compensation standards for all workers at levels consistent with their health, efficiency and general well-being, and (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards which are adequate to maintain the health, efficiency and general well-being of workers against the unfair competition of wage and hours standards which do not provide adequate standards of living.
§ 50-4-19 NMSA 1978
Declaration of state public policy
Known as the Minimum Wage Act
The act spans §§ 50–50 (38 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Desmond Ndambi v. CoreCivic, Inc. (2021)
Most recently applied in Desmond Ndambi v. CoreCivic, Inc. (March 2021)
1953 Comp., § 59-3-20, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 200, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.