New Mexico limits injury payments when workers drunk or high

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico is reducing workers compensation benefits for employees who injure themselves on the job while drunk or high.
Gov. Susana Martinez signed the legislation Wednesday in Albuquerque. It reduces workers compensation benefits by between 10 percent and 90 percent based on the degree that a worker’s intoxication contributes to an accident.
Martinez called the legislation a matter of common sense and said employers will not be able file a compensation clai