New Mexico § 50-4-8 - Duties of the labor director
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 50-4-8 — Duties of the labor director, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 50-4-8. Duties of the labor director
A. It is the duty of the labor commissioner [director] to investigate any violations
of Sections 50-4-1 through 50-4-12 NMSA 1978 and to institute or cause to be instituted actions for the enforcement of the same. The labor commissioner [director] may hold hearings to satisfy himself as to the
justice of any claim, and he shall cooperate with any employee in the enforcement
of any claim against his employer whenever, in the opinion of the labor commissioner
[director], the claim is just and valid. B. It is the duty of all district attorneys to prosecute all cases, both civilly and
criminally, which are referred to them by the labor commissioner. C. It shall not be a defense to any action brought pursuant to this section that the
plaintiff or complainant is an undocumented worker. It is not intended by this section to create any right to collect unemployment compensation
nor to mandate any wage rate.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 50-4-8 ("Duties of the labor director") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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