Definitions
NMSA 1978, § 50-15-2
in effect50-15-2. Definitions
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.
Laws 2005, ch. 257, § 2; 2007, ch. 200, § 21.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18553/index.do#!b/50-15-2Fetched: 10/20/2026