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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in the Day Laborer Act:
A. “check cashing service” means a business that for a fee offers to cash checks or other payment instruments or that advertises that it cashes checks or other payment instruments;
B. “day labor” means employment that is under a contract between a day labor service agency and a third-party employer, that is occasional or irregular and that is for a limited time period;
C. “day labor service agency” means an entity, including a labor broker or labor pool, that provides day laborers to third-party employers and that charges the third-party employer for the service of providing day laborers for employment offered by the employer;
D. “day laborer” means a person who contracts for day labor employment with a day labor service agency;
E. “department” means the workforce solutions department;
F. “office worker” means a person employed to perform clerical, secretarial or other semiskilled or skilled work that is predominantly performed in an office setting;
G. “payment instrument” means a paycheck, payment voucher or other negotiable instrument from an employer provided to an employee to pay for hours worked; and
H. “third-party employer” means a person that contracts with a day labor service agency for the employment of day laborers.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 50. Employment Law § 50-15-2. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-50-employment-law/nm-st-sect-50-15-2/
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