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NH Rev Stat § 275-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:9 - Display of Wheelchair Symbol on Buildings.

    275-C:9 Display of Wheelchair Symbol on Buildings. –||I. In this section:||(a) "Wheelchair symbol" means the wheelchair symbol adopted by the Rehabilitation International's World Congress in 1969.||(b) "Accessible building" means a building which, in the determination of the governor's commission on disability, is accessible to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.||II. Any person owning an accessible building may appropriately display the wheelchair symbol to identify such accessibility.||III. No person may display the wheelchair symbol on any building which is not an accessible building.||IV. The governor's commission on disability shall obtain a supply of wheelchair symbols and shall issue wheelchair symbols to any person who applies for them and who owns an accessible building.|||Source. 1977, 372:1. 1990, 140:1, 2, IX, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:10 - Definitions.

    275-C:10 Definitions. –||As used in this subdivision:||I. "Architectural barriers" mean physical attributes of buildings and facilities which by their presence, absence, or design present unsafe conditions or deter access and free mobility for persons with disabilities in and around buildings and facilities.||II. "Buildings and facilities" means all buildings, facilities, appurtenant grounds and curbs which are used or to be used by the public and the cost of the construction, rehabilitation, or substantial remodeling of which is to be paid for, in whole or in part, by federal, state, county or municipal funds.||III. "Person with a disability" means one who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual, a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1990, 140:2, III, X, eff. June 18, 1990. 2018, 79:4, eff. May 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:11 - Permanent Committee for Barrier-Free Design Established.

    275-C:11 Permanent Committee for Barrier-Free Design Established. –||There is hereby established a permanent committee of the commission, to be known as the committee on architectural barrier-free design. Such committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the commission, with the approval of the commission and shall consist of up to 11 members, a majority of whom shall be persons with a disability who have demonstrated an understanding of and commitment to architectural barrier-free design. One member may be a representative of the interests of the building trades and one member may be an engineer or architect.|||Source. 1977, 269:1; 545:5. 1985, 207:8. 1990, 140:2, I. 1992, 50:1, eff. June 12, 1992. 2018, 79:5, eff. May 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:12 - Bylaws.

    275-C:12 Bylaws. –||The permanent committee on architectural barrier-free design shall meet as soon as possible after appointment and elect one of its appointed members as chairman who shall serve for a 2-year term and for no more than 2 consecutive 2-year terms. The committee shall meet not less than 6 times annually, and at such other times as may be designated by the chairman. Appointed members shall serve for a 2-year term and for no more than 2 consecutive 2-year terms. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of members appointed. The members and the chairman shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses out of any funds available to the governor's commission on disability for said purposes. Members of the committee may be dismissed by the governor for cause.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1985, 207:10. 1990, 140:1, eff. June 18, 1990. 2018, 79:5, eff. May 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:13 - Staff and Consultants.

    275-C:13 Staff and Consultants. –||The committee may utilize the staff of the governor's commission on disability and personnel from any other agency or department, with the consent of the executive director of such agency or department, to enable it to discharge its responsibilities and powers under this chapter.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1985, 207:10. 1990, 140:1, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:14 - Duties.

    275-C:14 Duties. –||The committee on architectural barrier-free design, in furthering the purposes of this subdivision to ensure that buildings and facilities are accessible to and functional for persons with disabilities through the elimination of architectural barriers, shall:||I. Establish, publish, and enforce a code for barrier-free design, covering all buildings and facilities whose construction, rehabilitation, or substantial remodeling begins at any time after a reasonable time following promulgation of the code, which shall be at least as restrictive as the American National Standards Institute Specifications, as modified, and which shall be regularly amended so as to reflect technological advances, research evidence, and the changing needs of persons with a disability.||II. Adopt such rules under RSA 541-A as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this subdivision and the code for barrier-free design.||III. Hold public hearings prior to the adoption of any rules by the committee in accordance with RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1985, 207:9, 10. 1990, 140:2, I, III, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:15 - Powers.

    275-C:15 Powers. –||The committee on architectural barrier-free design shall:||I. Conduct studies, hold hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, publish reports, and recommend legislation to implement this subdivision;||II. Receive, process, and review complaints from any person alleging a violation of the code;||III. Issue cease-and-desist orders that enjoin an owner, an owner's agent, or a lessee-in-possession from further construction or use of buildings and facilities, until compliance with the code for barrier-free design. To compel obedience to such orders, the committee on architectural barrier-free design shall petition the superior court for the county in which the party sought to be enjoined is principally located. Upon satisfying itself that the order of the committee was within its jurisdiction to issue and that there is substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole to support the finding of the committee, the superior court shall issue its order.||IV. Except as provided in paragraph V, grant waivers to an owner, an owner's agent or a lessee-in-possession, pertaining only to places of public accommodation provided for in RSA 155:39-a, from specific requirements of the code for barrier-free design where, upon a clear and convincing showing, a compelling public interest is deemed to outweigh the state's interest in removing architectural barriers.||V. With respect to construction projects subject to the provisions of RSA 155:39-d, grant waivers to an owner, an owner's agent or a lessee-in-possession from specific requirements of the code for barrier-free design upon good cause shown.||VI. Charge a nonrefundable fee for any application for waiver request submitted under paragraph IV or V, which shall be payable to the governor's commission on disability. Each application for waiver request shall contain no more than 2 items to be reviewed for waiver. All fees shall be paid in advance with the application for waiver request. Any building or facility, as defined in RSA 275-C:10 II, shall not be subject to an application fee but shall file an application for waiver request as provided in this section.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1979, 75:3. 1985, 207:10. 1990, 170:2, 3, eff. July 1, 1990. 2015, 276:264, 266, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:16 - Official Noncompliance.

    275-C:16 Official Noncompliance. –||It shall be unlawful for any state or local authority who reviews building plans prior to their approval for construction or for any building inspector to knowingly and willingly approve the construction or opening of any building or facility which is not in compliance with the code of barrier-free design, unless such building or facility had received a valid waiver from the committee on architectural barrier-free design.|||Source. 1977, 269:1. 1985, 207:10, eff. May 31, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:17 - Penalty.

    275-C:17 Penalty. –||Notwithstanding RSA Title LXII, failure to comply with any provision of this subdivision or any rule or regulation issued thereunder shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.|||Source. 1977, 269:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-C:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-C - Governor's Commission on Disability|Section 275-C:18 - Severability.

    275-C:18 Severability. –||If any provision of this subdivision or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid the remainder of this subdivision or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1977, 269:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:1 - Purpose.

    275-D:1 Purpose. –||The general court finds that there is an increasing number of persons in the state who, in their middle and later years and having fulfilled the role of homemaker, find themselves displaced because of dissolution of marriage, death of a spouse, or other loss of family income. As a consequence, displaced homemakers have a greatly reduced income, high rate of unemployment due to age, lack of paid work experience and discrimination, and limited opportunities to collect funds of assistance from social security, unemployment compensation, medicaid and other health insurance benefits, or pension plans of the spouse. The problems require the establishment of programs to assist displaced homemakers.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:2 - Definitions.

    275-D:2 Definitions. –||For the purposes of this chapter the following terms have meanings given:||I. "Displaced homemaker" means a person who (a) worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members; (b) is not gainfully employed; (c) has difficulty in securing employment; and (d) was dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such income, or was dependent on government assistance but is no longer eligible for such assistance.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:3 - Programs Established.

    275-D:3 Programs Established. –||I. In order to enable the displaced homemaker to contribute to society and maintain independence and economic security, the commissioner shall establish 2 pilot multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers, one in the metropolitan area in the southern tier of the state, and one in the rural north country area. To the greatest extent possible, the commissioner shall make grants to nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out the various programs.||II. The centers shall develop, by working with federal, state and local governmental agencies and private employers, job counseling and placement services specifically designed for displaced homemakers. The services shall:||(a) Counsel displaced homemakers with respect to appropriate job opportunities;||(b) Identify community needs and seek funding for new public sector jobs;||(c) Provide displaced homemakers with the necessary counseling, training, skills and referral services to become gainfully employed, healthy and independent;||(d) Develop plans to include more displaced homemakers in existing training and placement programs;||(e) Refer displaced homemakers to agencies which may provide information and assistance with respect to health care, financial matters, education, nutrition, and legal problems, and||(f) Take into account and build upon the skills and experience of the displaced homemaker.||III. The centers shall utilize the counseling resources available through community mental health services programs or any other existing agency under the direction of the commissioner of health and human services pursuant to RSA 126-B to assist displaced homemakers in their adjustment from providing unpaid household services to locating appropriate job opportunities.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:4 - Coordination With Federal, State and Local Agencies.

    275-D:4 Coordination With Federal, State and Local Agencies. –||The commissioner shall cooperate with federal, state and local agencies to coordinate the service programs established pursuant to RSA 275-D:3. The commissioner, with the advice of the staff at the centers, shall promulgate rules concerning the eligibility of persons for the job training and other programs of the multipurpose service centers, the level of stipends for the job training programs, and a sliding fee scale for the service programs.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:5 - Reports.

    275-D:5 Reports. –||The director of each center shall report to the commissioner as prescribed by rule, and shall evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service to displaced homemakers, including the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in employment, follow-up data on such persons, the number of persons served by the various service programs, and cost effectiveness of the various components of the center.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:6 - Securing Employment.

    275-D:6 Securing Employment. –||Staff of the service centers shall assist the displaced homemakers in finding permanent employment. To this end, the commissioner and the service centers staffs shall work with the department of employment security and any other agency to secure employment for displaced homemakers.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-D - Displaced Homemakers|Section 275-D:7 - Contributions.

    275-D:7 Contributions. –||The director of each center may accept, use and dispose of contributions of money, service and property or any federal funds and private funds to implement this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 363:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:1 - Definitions.

    275-E:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Employee" means and includes every person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment, but shall not include any person exempted from the definition of employee as stated in RSA 281-A:2, VI(b)(2), (3), or (4), or RSA 281-A:2, VII(b), or a person providing services as part of a residential placement for individuals with developmental, acquired, or emotional disabilities, or any person who meets all of the following criteria:||(a) The person possesses or has applied for a federal employer identification number or social security number, or in the alternative, has agreed in writing to carry out the responsibilities imposed on employers under this chapter.||(b) The person has control and discretion over the means and manner of performance of the work, in that the result of the work, rather than the means or manner by which the work is performed, is the primary element bargained for by the employer.||(c) The person has control over the time when the work is performed, and the time of performance is not dictated by the employer. However, this shall not prohibit the employer from reaching an agreement with the person as to completion schedule, range of work hours, and maximum number of work hours to be provided by the person, and in the case of entertainment, the time such entertainment is to be presented.||(d) The person hires and pays the person's assistants, if any, and to the extent such assistants are employees, supervises the details of the assistants' work.||(e) The person holds himself or herself out to be in business for himself or herself or is registered with the state as a business and the person has continuing or recurring business liabilities or obligations.||(f) The person is responsible for satisfactory completion of work and may be held contractually responsible for failure to complete the work.||(g) The person is not required to work exclusively for the employer.||II. "Employer" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, governmental entity, and any common carrier who employs any person. Employer shall include any person acting in the interest of an employer directly or indirectly.||III. "Governmental entity" means any branch, department, commission, bureau, agency, or agent of the government of this state or a political subdivision of this state.|||Source. 1987, 386:1. 1999, 279:3. 2007, 362:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. 2012, 139:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:2 - Protection of Employees Reporting Violations.

    275-E:2 Protection of Employees Reporting Violations. –||I. No employer shall harass, abuse, intimidate, discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against any employee regarding compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because:||(a) The employee, in good faith, reports or causes to be reported, verbally or in writing, what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is a violation of any law or rule adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States; or||(b) The employee objects to or refuses to participate in any activity that the employee, in good faith, believes is a violation of the law; or||(c) The employee, in good faith, participates, verbally or in writing, in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry conducted by any governmental entity, including a court action, which concerns allegations that the employer has violated any law or rule adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States.||II. An aggrieved employee may bring a civil suit within 3 years of the alleged violation of this section. The court may order reinstatement and back-pay, as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs, to the prevailing party.|||Source. 1987, 386:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2010, 340:2, eff. July 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:3 - Protection of Employees Who Refuse to Execute Illegal Directives.

    275-E:3 Protection of Employees Who Refuse to Execute Illegal Directives. –||No employer shall discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against any employee regarding such employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee has refused to execute a directive which in fact violates any law or rule adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States.|||Source. 1987, 386:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:4 - Rights and Remedies.

    275-E:4 Rights and Remedies. –||I. Any employee who alleges a violation of rights under RSA 275-E:2 or 3, and who has first made a reasonable effort to maintain or restore such employee's rights through any grievance procedure or similar process available at such employee's place of employment, may obtain a hearing with the commissioner of labor or a designee appointed by the commissioner. Following such hearing, the labor commissioner or the designee appointed by such commissioner shall render a judgment on such matter, and shall order, as the commissioner or his designee considers appropriate, reinstatement of the employee, the payment of back pay, fringe benefits and seniority rights, any appropriate injunctive relief, or any combination of these remedies.||II. Decisions rendered by the commissioner of labor under paragraph I may be appealed pursuant to RSA 541.|||Source. 1987, 386:1. 1992, 72:1, eff. May 20, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:5 - No Effect on Bargaining or Common Law Rights.

    275-E:5 No Effect on Bargaining or Common Law Rights. –||This chapter shall not be construed to diminish or impair either the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement or any common law rights.|||Source. 1987, 386:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:6 - Compensation of Employee.

    275-E:6 Compensation of Employee. –||This chapter shall not be construed to require an employer to compensate an employee for participation in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by a governmental entity.|||Source. 1987, 386:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 275-E:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275-E - Whistleblowers' Protection Act|Section 275-E:7 - Posting of Notices; Violation.

    275-E:7 Posting of Notices;  Violation. –||Every employer shall post such notices as are prescribed by the commissioner of labor as a means of keeping such employer's employees informed of their protections and obligations under this chapter. The commissioner of labor shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the form, content, and placement of such notices. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section or rules adopted by the commissioner of labor shall be a violation for each day of noncompliance.|||Source. 1987, 386:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|