Thread by @toddhathorne

As if the state government has not done enough. Email I got this morning: "Next month, on July 1, 2022, the NM Paid Sick Leave Law will take effect. The Healthy Workplaces Act of 2021 requires all private employers, no matter the size, to pay sick leave to all employees.

This includes all employees: full-time, part-time, tipped, temporary and seasonal. Independent contractors are not included as they are not employees. Below are key highlights of the law:
· Employees will earn 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a total of 64

hours per year.
· Current employees will begin earning sick leave July 1, 2022.
· New hires will begin earning sick leave upon hire date.
· Earned but unused sick leave will carry over from year to year - it does not expire. The employer may cap the annual carry over to a

maximum of 64 hours however.
· Employees may use the sick leave hours as soon as they are earned.
· Employers cannot require documentation from employees using paid sick leave unless employees use two or more consecutive days of sick leave.
· Tipped employees must be paid minimum

wage when using earned sick leave.
· Payment of sick leave hours taken cannot not be held back - payment must be paid on the same scheduled payday as regular wages.
· New hires must be given a written or electronic notice of the sick leave policy.
· Employers must display a

poster regarding the Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in each location the company has.
· Employers must provide employees, in writing, an accurate year-to-date summary of earned sick leave accrued and used at least once every calendar quarter. The easiest way to do this

is to show the accrual and available sick leave on the employee pay stubs.
· You, the employer, must keep these records for a minimum of four (4) years.
· You, the employer, may not reduce employee hours to reduce accrual of sick leave hours.
· You, the employer, may not fire

employees and rehire as independent contractors in an effort to avoid paying sick time.
· You, the employer, may not take or threaten adverse action against an employee for using their sick leave hours.
· If your company already has a paid time off policy that is more generous

than what the Act requires, you may keep that policy. Examples would be a sick time accrual that is 64 hours or more per year, or a generic paid time off policy allowing time to be taken for any reason and accrues at 64 or more hours per year.

Attached to this message you will

find additional documents for your use:
· Guide to New Mexico's Paid Sick Leave Law, which provides more details about the Act. This includes information about what events qualify for paid sick leave, who constitutes a family member, documentation of illness employers may

require, etc. We strongly suggest you download this document and read it as we have only covered the highlights.
· Printable letter-size sick leave handouts in English and Spanish that can be given to new hires or made a part of your existing employee manual or employee new hire

packet.
· Printable posters in English and Spanish that you can use to post in the workplace.

So tell me... Who runs this business? #nmpol Any Republicans vote for this? @pgessing @NMBizCoalition