New Mexico farm laborers News

New Mexico Court Rules Farm, Ranch Laborers Eligible for Workers’ Comp

The New Mexico Court of Appeals cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers to receive workers’ compensation benefits by declaring a decades-old provision in state law unconstitutional. That provision, on the books since the 1930s, excludes those employees whose …

New Mexico Farm Laborers Covered by Workers’ Comp

A legal advocacy group says farm and ranch laborers in New Mexico are covered by workers’ compensation protections because of recent state court decisions. The Center on Law and Poverty applauded on Tuesday a decision by the state Court of …