Section 50-15-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

50-15-2. Definitions.

As used in the Day Laborer Act [50-15-1 NMSA 1978]:

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.