Labor and Employment Law Blog

New Mexico Minimum Wage Increases in 2017

Several cities and counties across New Mexico have recently increased the minimum wage that must be paid to employees working within their jurisdictions. The statewide minimum wage is $7.50 per hour, with a tipped employee wage of $2.13. See NMSA 1978, 50-4-22. However, the City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, and City of Las Cruces recently […]

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Arizona Employers Must Post Minimum Wage Poster On or Before January 1, 2017

On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters approved Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”), raising the state’s current $8.05 per hour minimum wage progressively over the next several years. See Legal Alert. Effective January 1, 2017, Arizona’s minimum wage will be $10.00 per hour. One of the new requirements of the Act […]

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