An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against, cause to be discharged or cause discrimination against an employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment in a mine subject to the Mining Safety Act because the employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment has filed or made a complaint under or related to that act or Chapter 69, Article 5 NMSA 1978, including a complaint notifying the operator, the operator's agent or the state mine inspector of an alleged danger or a safety or health violation in a mine, or because the employee, representative of employees or applicant for employment has instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding under or related to the Mining Safety Act or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding.
History: Laws 2006, ch. 102, § 5 and Laws 2006, ch. 106, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSDuplicate laws. — Laws 2006, ch. 102, § 5 and Laws 2006, ch. 106, § 5, effective March 7, 2006, enacted identical new sections. The section is set out as enacted by Laws 2006, ch. 106, § 5. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.