Section 10-16C-3 - Public employer retaliatory action prohibited. - New Mexico Statutes

10-16C-3. Public employer retaliatory action prohibited.

A public employer shall not take any retaliatory action against a public employee because the public employee: 

A.     communicates to the public employer or a third party information about an action or a failure to act that the public employee believes in good faith constitutes an unlawful or improper act; 

B.     provides information to, or testifies before, a public body as part of an investigation, hearing or inquiry into an unlawful or improper act; or 

C.     objects to or refuses to participate in an activity, policy or practice that constitutes an unlawful or improper act.