2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 7E - Public Employee Bargaining
Section 10-7E-6 - Rights of public employers.
Unless limited by the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or by other statutory provision, a public employer may:
A. direct the work of, hire, promote, assign, transfer, demote, suspend, discharge or terminate public employees;
B. determine qualifications for employment and the nature and content of personnel examinations;
C. take actions as may be necessary to carry out the mission of the public employer in emergencies; and
D. retain all rights not specifically limited by a collective bargaining agreement or by the Public Employee Bargaining Act.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 4, § 6 and by Laws 2003, ch. 5, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2003, ch. 4, § 6 and Laws 2003, ch. 5, § 6 enacted identical new sections of law, effective July 1, 2003. Both were compiled as 10-7E-6 NMSA 1978.
