by Carol Wight | Sep 21, 2018 | Industry Voice
Help Servers Keep Their Tips Activist groups often misleadingly point to the $2.13 base wage for tipped employee wages, and claim that they earn less than the minimum wage. This isn’t true: Tipped employees are guaranteed to earn at least the minimum wage and...
by Wendy Hughes | Dec 27, 2017 | Industry Voice
The 30-Day Legislative Session is fast approaching. The session is set by the Constitution of NM as a budget session. Only budget items and anything the Governor places on “the call” (Proclamation) may be considered germane to the session. This will be the last...
by Dionne Wright-Bower | Feb 17, 2017 | Industry Voice
You have likely seen press coverage on the “Corkage Bill.” NMRA needs your opinion on the bill. Take a look at the viewpoints submitted by some of our members and then complete this survey so that we can best represent our membership. Issue Summary: The...
by Dionne Wright-Bower | Feb 2, 2016 | Industry Voice
UPDATE: HB 211 passed the Regulatory and Public Affairs Committee last week and has now moved to the Business and Employment Committee for consideration. The New Mexico legislature has a very short legislative session, so time is of the essence in moving this...
by Dionne Wright-Bower | Jun 25, 2015 | Industry Voice
This morning, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal exchanges. What does this mean? It...
by Carol Wight | Mar 26, 2015 | Industry Voice
Union’s Smear Restaurants The Right to Work legislation at the New Mexico state legislature is DEAD. Senate democrats continued their endless protection of unions over employees and job creators. Only one democrat voted for the Right to Work bill it never made it to...
