N.M. DOL v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 25,777.

134 P.3d 780 (2006)

139 N.M. 493

2006-NMCA-047

DIRECTOR, LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL DIVISION, NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted April 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Andrea R. Buzzard, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Bannerman & Williams, P.A., James T. Reist, Katherine Gibson, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.


Certiorari Granted, No. 29,724, April 20, 2006.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} The Minimum Wage Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 50-4-19 to -30 (1955, as amended through 2005) (the Act), establishes a floor below which employers cannot pay employees wages and also requires the payment of time and a half for work in excess of a forty-hour workweek. See especially § 50-4-22(A) (providing generally for a minimum wage of $5.15 per hour); §...

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