A. Children over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixteen years shall not be
employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation for more than forty hours in
any one week nor more than eight hours in any one day when school is not in session
unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act.
B. Children over the age of fourteen or under the age of sixteen shall not be
employed unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act:
(1) before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. during the calendar school year;
(2) before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. outside of the calendar school year;
(3) during school hours, except as provided for in work experience and career
exploration programs;
(4) more than three hours per day during school days; or
(5) more than eighteen hours per week during school weeks.
History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 80-108; 1941 Comp., § 57-503; 1953
Comp., § 59-6-3; Laws 1973, ch. 115, § 3; 2007, ch. 257, § 6.
ANNOTATIONS
Cross references. — For children over age twelve permitted to sell or deliver
newspapers, see 50-6-16 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided that children between
fourteen and sixteen may not be employed for more than forty hours per week or eight
hours in a day when school is not in session and added Subsection B.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Constitutionality of statute limiting hours
of labor of children in private industry, 90 A.L.R. 815.
43 C.J.S. Infants § 99; 51B C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 1021, 1043.
Notes of Decisions
Weststar Mortg. Corp. v. Jackson, 39 P.3d 710 (N.M. Ct. App. 2002).
· cites it 8× “{55} Our conclusion is supported by the facts that the seminal case of Sunwest Bank was not cited and that the cases on which the Supreme Court relied were cases dealing with interest as an element of damages under NMSA 1953, § 50-6-3 (Repl.1962), now NMSA 1978, § 56-8-3 (1983),…”
Grynberg v. Roberts, 698 P.2d 430 (N.M. 1985).
· cites it 4× “O'Meara and Shaeffer interpreted NMSA 1978, Section 56-8-3, and its forerunner, NMSA 1953, Section 50-6-3, to allow prejudgment interest in certain instances.”
Folz v. State, 857 P.2d 39 (N.M. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 6× “The Fought court cited NMSA 1953, Sections 50-6-3 & -4 as support for this statement.”
Kennedy v. Moutray, 572 P.2d 933 (N.M. 1977).
· cites it 3× “Appellant contends that § 50-6-3, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. 1962) provides that interest is allowed upon open account at 6% per annum after six months from the date of the last item.”
Trujillo v. Tanuz, 508 P.2d 1332 (N.M. Ct. App. 1973).
· cites it 2× “We do not find it necessary to determine whether § 50-6-3, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl.Vol. 8, pt.”
Matter of Hamilton, 637 P.2d 542 (N.M. 1981).
“…SO ORDERED. SOSA, Senior Justice, and PAYNE, J., concur. 1 . The statutory rate of interest will be six percent (6%). § 50-6-3, N.M.S.A.1953.”
O'MEARA v. Com. Ins. Co., 376 P.2d 486 (N.M. 1962).
“The applicable statute is § 50-6-3, N.M. S.A.1953, which, insofar as in any sense pertinent, is as follows: “The rate of interest, in the absence of a written contract fixing a different rate, shall be six per cent [6%] per annum, in the following cases: “First.”
Fought v. State, 764 P.2d 142 (N.M. Ct. App. 1988).
· cites it 2× “See Bettini v. City of Las Cruces, 82 N.M. 633 , 485 P.”
N.M. Stat. § 50-6-3(A): 1 case
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.