New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 2 - JOB TRAINING
Part 3 - STATE APPRENTICESHIP POLICY MANUAL
Section 11.2.3.25 - APPRENTICE WAGES

A. General policy: Wages for apprentices should be calculated so that training, rather than production, is the principal criterion.

B. Apprentice wages under bargaining agreement: Wage rates established for the apprentice under a bargaining agreement shall be recognized.

C. Beginning apprentice rates: The beginning apprentice rates shall equal or exceed those customarily paid to other beginning apprentices in the trade in the locality.

D. Expressing wage rates: Apprentice wage rates may be expressed in terms of cents per hour but preferably in percentages of the journeyworker's rate. The journeyworker's hourly rate as of the effective date of the program shall be reported when submitting programs for review and registration. Where the journeyworker's rate is shown as a weekly or monthly wage, the standard work week hours also shall be shown.

E. Coverage under state and federal wage and hour acts: If sponsors of apprenticeship programs are uncertain as to their coverage under state and federal wage and hour acts and they propose to set up rate schedules under which the apprentice would be paid less than the minimum wages established by these acts, they should be advised to check with their attorney, or with the state or federal agency responsible for the administration of these acts.