Monthly News Release

The State Apprenticeship Council will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, February 18, 2021 beginning at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom due to COVID 19; if you would like the link for the meeting invite please contact Katrina Vigil at 505-220-7413 or via email, katrina.vigil@state.nm.us.

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) will start paying some unemployment benefits that are part of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) advises employers and workers that New Mexico’s minimum wage is increasing to $10.50 per hour, effective Friday, January 1^st, 2021. This increase is in accordance with an amendment to the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act signed into law by Governor Lujan Grisham on April 1, 2019.

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) is currently reviewing the CARES Act unemployment extension provisions contained in H.R. 133. These provisions will bring additional unemployment compensation to over 160,000 New Mexicans.

The Administrative Law Judge on behalf of the Human Rights Commission will hold a virtual hearing on January 6, 2021.