New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 3 - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
Part 300 - CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION
Section 11.3.300.317 - POST EMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. The following payments made to a claimant are considered wages that must be reported by the claimant at the time they are earned and which are deductible from any benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for the week or weeks covered by such payments:
B. A claimant who receives payments listed in Subsection A of this part cannot establish a waiting period credit or receive benefits for the week or weeks covered by such payments, if such payments equal or exceed the claimant's weekly benefit amount.
C. When a claimant leaves work voluntarily without good cause connected with work, is discharged for misconduct connected with work, or fails without good cause to apply for or accept an offer of suitable work and receives a payment listed in Subsection A of this part for services actually performed in any week for which benefits are claimed, these payments cannot be used to meet the requirement of wages earned during employment equal to or exceeding five times the weekly benefit amount of the claim to restore eligibility following a disqualification from benefits or filing a new claim under the provisions of Subsection A- C of Sections 51-1-7, NMSA 1978.
D. The following payments are not considered wages and will not be deducted from any benefits otherwise payable to a claimant: