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New Mexico overtime rules

More than 40 hours in a week of seven days: at least 1.5 times the regular hourly rate of pay. HoursReady computes this with the federal weekly overtime rule, which also uses 40 hours. The exclusions in NMSA 50-4-21 are not checked.

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Weekly overtime after 40 hours

More than 40 hours in a week of seven days: at least 1.5 times the regular hourly rate of pay. HoursReady computes this with the federal weekly overtime rule, which also uses 40 hours. The exclusions in NMSA 50-4-21 are not checked.

Citation
NMSA 1978 50-4-22(D) (as amended by Laws 2021, Chapter 10)
Official source
www.nmlegis.gov
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