An employee who has been granted an authorized leave of absence without pay upon returning to the same position or equivalent position shall be paid at the same rate paid at the time leave was granted. If a pay range adjustment has occurred during such an absence, the employee's pay rate shall be adjusted to the minimum entry level salary if the minimum of the new range is higher than the rate paid at the time leave was granted.
N.M. Admin. Code § 10.4.3.10