Chapter 51 — Chapter 51
66 sections in this chapter.
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-50 Reciprocal arrangements
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A. The secretary is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which services are customar…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-51 Record availability; cooperation
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The secretary may make the state's records relating to the administration of the Unemployment Compensation Law available to the railroad retirement board and may furnish the railroad retirement board, at the expense of such board, such copies thereof as the railroad retirement bo…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-52 Effectiveness of federal act inoperative
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If the tax imposed by Title IX of the federal Social Security Act or any amendments thereto, or any other federal tax against which contributions under the Unemployment Compensation Law may be credited shall be amended or repealed by congress or held unconstitutional by the supre…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-52.1 Leasing employer; temporary services employer
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A. As used in this section: (1) "leasing employer" means an employing unit that contracts with clients or customers to supply workers to perform services for the client or customer and performs the following functions: (a) retains the right to hire and terminate workers; and (b) …
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-53 [Saving clauses.]
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The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this act at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this act or by acts done pursuant thereto …
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-54 Repealed
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ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 354, § 15, repealed 51-1-54 NMSA 1978, relating to the inclusion of wages paid for previously uncovered services in wages for insured work with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 1978, effective April 9, 1981.
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-55 Res judicata and collateral estoppel prohibition
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Any findings of fact or law, judgment, conclusions or final order made by an unemployment insurance claims examiner, hearing officer, the board of review or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any action or proceeding under the Unemployment Compensati…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-56 Death reports
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By the fifteenth day of each month, the state registrar shall send to the employment security division a report, certified as correct over his signature or the signature of his authorized representative, containing the name, date of birth, date of death, address, sex and social s…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-57 Amnesty
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A. The secretary shall establish a tax amnesty program for all employers owing any contributions or payments in lieu of contributions. Notice of the tax amnesty program shall be provided to each known delinquent employer. Such notice shall specify the amount of known delinquency …
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-58 Conformity with federal laws
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If any provisions of this chapter are determined to be in nonconformity with federal statutes, as determined by the United States secretary of labor or his designee, the secretary, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to administer the state law to conform with any ma…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-59 Coverage of Indian tribes
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A. The legislature finds that: (1) the state of New Mexico recognizes and respects the Indian tribes and pueblos as governments that possess the inherent right of self-government; (2) under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, federal law now expressly exempts Indian tribes and requ…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-6 Periods of time not counted in determining eligibility for
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unemployment compensation. Any person who has had a continuous period of sickness or injury for which he received benefits under the Workmen's [Workers’] Compensation Act [Chapter 52, Article 1 NMSA 1978] or the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law [52-3- 1 NMSA 1978] …
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-7 Disqualification for benefits
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A. An individual shall be disqualified for and shall not be eligible to receive benefits: (1) if it is determined by the division that the individual left employment voluntarily without good cause in connection with the employment. No individual shall receive benefits until the d…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-8 Claims for benefits
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A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the secretary may prescribe. Each employer shall post and maintain printed notices, in places readily accessible to employees, concerning their rights to file claims for unemployment benefits upon termina…
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-8.1 Voluntary withholding of federal income tax
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A. Every individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing such claim, be advised in writing that: (1) unemployment compensation is subject to federal, state and local income tax; (2) requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments; …
NMSA 1978, § 51-1-9 Contributions; computation; payment
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A. Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which he is subject to the payments of contributions under the Unemployment Compensation Law, with respect to wages for employment as provided in Subsection T of Section 51-1-42 NMSA 1978.…