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NH Rev Stat § 281-A:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:61 - Reports of the Commissioner.

    281-A:61 Reports of the Commissioner. –||I. The commissioner shall make a report to the governor, by October 1 of each odd-numbered year, showing the work done during the preceding 2 fiscal years. The report shall include a properly classified statement of department expenses, statistical information relating to the number and character of industrial accidents during such 2 years and such other information and recommendations as the commissioner deems pertinent. The report shall be printed as part of the commissioner's biennial report.||II. The commissioner shall make a workplace safety and injury report, which shall be submitted with the report required under paragraph I, to the governor and the legislature. The report shall provide statistical information pertaining to the nature, character and severity of industrial accidents, injuries, and illnesses in New Hampshire and information pertaining to the department's and employers' efforts in the area of safety promotion and accident prevention. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the types and frequency of reported injuries; the job classifications from which such injuries have been reported; a report of employer compliance with RSA 281-A:64; the annual listing of best and worst performers as prepared by the commissioner under the provisions of RSA 281-A:64; a report of all departmental activities required under RSA 281-A:65; specific recommendations for improved workplace safety promotion and injury prevention; and any other such information and recommendations pertaining to workplace injuries and injury prevention as the commissioner deems appropriate.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1994, 3:18, eff. Feb. 8, 1994. 2015, 259:18, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:62 - Advisory Council.

    281-A:62 Advisory Council. –||I. There is hereby established an advisory council on workers' compensation. The advisory council shall consist of 9 members: the commissioner or a designee; the insurance commissioner or a designee; one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house; one member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; and 5 persons appointed by the governor and council, one representing the interests of management, who shall not have interests in the insurance field, one representing the interests of labor, one representing insurance interests of commercial workers' compensation carriers, one representing self-funded employers and one representing health care providers. The legislative members of the advisory council and the 5 members appointed by the governor and council shall be familiar with the workers' compensation laws of New Hampshire. Any person appointed by the governor and council who is not qualified or who ceases to be qualified in the capacity in which such person is serving on the advisory council shall be replaced by the governor and council. The advisory council shall discuss problems related to the administration of this chapter and shall discuss policy goals. The advisory council shall also ratify managed care programs established under RSA 281-A:23-a. The term of office of each member appointed by the governor and council shall be 3 years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner and for the unexpired terms. Each member of the advisory council shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other necessary expenses.||II. The council shall meet as necessary and shall annually review the performance of the workers' compensation system and issue a report of its findings and conclusions on or before January 1 of each year to the governor, the labor commissioner, the commissioner of insurance, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and appropriate committee chairs of both houses as to the status of the workers' compensation system. In performing its responsibilities, the council may:||(a) Make recommendations relating to the adoption of rules and necessary legislation.||(b) Develop recommendations regarding the method and form of statistical data collection.||(c) Monitor the performance of the workers' compensation system and monitor the implementation of legislative directives.||III. The department of labor and other state agencies shall cooperate with the council and shall provide necessary information and staff support.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1990, 254:35. 1993, 311:3. 1995, 15:2. 1996, 231:6, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:63 - Claims Adjusters.

    281-A:63 Claims Adjusters. –||I. Any insurance carrier, self-insured employer or employer group, or claims adjusting company handling workers' compensation claims in this state shall utilize a claims adjuster licensed in New Hampshire and such claims adjuster shall maintain suitable facilities in this state.||II. Every 2 years, at least 60 days prior to the renewal date of their license, persons holding a license to adjust workers' compensation insurance claims shall certify to the department of insurance that they have completed courses of instruction, preapproved by the insurance department, providing a minimum of 20 hours, 10 hours of which shall inform the licensee of the current workers' compensation laws of this state, to enable the licensee to engage in the business of a workers' compensation adjuster fairly and without injury to the public and to adjust all claims in accordance with the workers' compensation laws of this state and 10 hours of which shall be in any other preapproved multi-line claims adjusters course of instruction.|||Source. 1990, 254:36. 1997, 324:3, eff. June 23, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:64-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:64-a - Safety Incentive Program; Certification of Loss Management Consultants.

    281-A:64-a Safety Incentive Program;  Certification of Loss Management Consultants. –||I. To qualify for the incentive discount under this section, an eligible employer shall obtain and carry out a loss management program which shall be developed by a loss management consultant certified by the panel established in paragraph IV. A qualifying loss management program shall address safety improvements in the physical environment of the workplace and in the production process. Such a program shall also involve behavioral elements, including substantial employee involvement in a joint loss management committee, required under RSA 281-A:64, III and alternative work programs which allow and encourage injured employees to return to work, and continuing education of participating employers and employees.||II. To be eligible to participate in a program established pursuant to this section an employer shall:||(a) Be insured in the residual market, and have an annual workers' compensation insurance premium of $2,500 or more.||(b) Participate in a managed care program approved under RSA 281-A:23-a.||(c) Participate, where otherwise eligible, in a retrospective rating plan, in which it is required that the employer's final rates for workers' compensation insurance are determined based on the employer's actual loss experience during the 3-year credit period.||III. Any participating employer meeting all eligibility requirements under this section and which has participated in a qualifying loss management program established under this section for at least 6 months shall be eligible for a workers' compensation insurance premium credit of 10 percent, phased out over a 3-year period. The credit shall be retroactive to the first day of participation in such qualifying loss management program.||IV. Pursuant to RSA 404-C:1, the insurance commissioner shall call upon the plan administrator of the New Hampshire workers' compensation insurance plan to file a safety incentive rate program incorporating the provisions of this section. Such rate plan shall also include provision for certifying loss management consultants by an independent panel of 3 persons knowledgeable in loss management matters, one each representing employers, employee groups, and workers' compensation insurers and selected by the insurance commissioner from among candidates recommended by each such constituent group. The commissioners of labor and insurance, or their designees, shall also serve on such certification panel.|||Source. 1994, 3:20, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:64-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:64-b - Manager of Safety, Training, and Injury Prevention.

    281-A:64-b Manager of Safety, Training, and Injury Prevention. –||There is created within the department of labor the classified full-time position of manager of safety, training, and injury prevention who shall be under the direction of the labor commissioner. The position shall be at labor grade 25. The manager shall be responsible for mandatory workplace safety programs and for the development of effective multi-media workplace safety programs which shall be available to all employers.|||Source. 1994, 3:20. 2001, 158:99, eff. Dec. 28, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:65 - Multi-Media Program and Manual Required.

    281-A:65 Multi-Media Program and Manual Required. –||I. The commissioner shall develop a multi-media education program on safety in the workplace, which shall be used to educate persons providing or receiving workers' compensation benefits regarding their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.||II. The commissioner shall also publish and distribute a manual, which shall be approved by the advisory council. Such manual shall be written in informal and readily understandable language and shall contain an explanation of workers' compensation benefits, procedures regarding disputes, relevant rules, and such other information that the commissioner determines will inform employees, employers, insurance carriers, and those providing services pursuant to RSA 281-A of their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The manual shall be reviewed annually and updated as necessary. The manual shall not be construed as containing rules for the purposes of RSA 541-A.||III. The commissioner shall also provide toll-free telephone lines to enable employees and employers to contact the department for answers to questions they may have as to their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.||IV. The commissioner shall keep informed regarding successful programs to improve workplace safety conducted in other states. Annually, the commissioner shall communicate with at least 10 employers who have generated the greatest number of compensable injuries in the preceding year, and shall request the opportunity to make a presentation to such employers, and their employees, regarding improvement in workplace safety.|||Source. 1990, 254:36, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:66 - Repealed by 1994, 3:26, II, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.

    281-A:66 Repealed by 1994, 3:26, II, eff. Feb. 8, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:67 - Safety Enhancement Program.

    281-A:67 Safety Enhancement Program. –||I. There is hereby established a safety enhancement program to be administered by the commissioner. Such program shall include regional training and safety seminars open to all interested employees and employers.||II. The commissioner may engage independent consultants and may make grants to independent organizations to assist in the conduct of the program described in paragraph I within the limits of the appropriation for the program.|||Source. 1993, 357:5. 2007, 326:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:68 - Certification Required.

    281-A:68 Certification Required. –||After January 1, 1995, persons providing vocational rehabilitation services under RSA 281-A:25 as a vocational rehabilitation provider under this chapter shall be certified in accordance with this subdivision; except that state employees providing vocational rehabilitation services as part of the state vocational rehabilitation program established under RSA 21-N and RSA 200-C shall be certified solely in accordance with RSA 21-I:42 and rules adopted pursuant to RSA 21-I:43.|||Source. 1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:69 - Vocational Rehabilitation Provider Advisory Board; Rulemaking.

    281-A:69 Vocational Rehabilitation Provider Advisory Board;  Rulemaking. –||I. There is hereby established a vocational rehabilitation provider advisory board to advise the commissioner relative to certification procedures for vocational rehabilitation providers. The board shall be composed of 7 members: 5 members shall be vocational rehabilitation providers eligible for certification, appointed by the governor, one public member, appointed by the governor and the director of the division of workers' compensation, or designee.||II. The term of office for each member of the board appointed by the governor shall be for 3 years; provided, however, that of the members initially appointed, 2 shall be appointed for a term of one year, 2 shall be appointed for 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for 3 years. Three members shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. No member shall serve for more than 2 consecutive terms. Members of the board may be removed from office for cause pursuant to RSA 4:1. The board shall meet as required to carry out its responsibilities. There shall be no monetary compensation provided to members who serve on the board.||III. The board shall develop procedures which the commissioner shall adopt by rule under RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) The application process for certificates.||(b) Certification categories.||(c) The reviewing and certification process.||(d) Continuing education requirements.||(e) Renewals of certificates.||(f) Fees for initial certificates and renewals and for other services provided under this subdivision.||(g) Grounds for disciplinary proceedings and for revocation and suspensions of certificates.||(h) Content and format of all forms required under this subdivision.||(i) Requirements for certification.||(j) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this subdivision.|||Source. 1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:70 - Fees.

    281-A:70 Fees. –||Any fees collected under this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.|||Source. 1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995. 2011, 224:53, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:1 - Applicability of Definitions.

    282-A:1 Applicability of Definitions. –||Any word or phrase defined in this subdivision shall have the same meaning throughout RSA 282-A unless the context clearly requires otherwise.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1, intro. par. 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:2 - Base Periods.

    282-A:2 Base Periods. –||I. "Base period" means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the individual's benefit year except as provided in RSA 282-A:2, II.||II. "Alternate base period" means for benefit years effective on or after April 1, 2001 for any individual who does not have sufficient wages in the base period as defined in paragraph I to qualify for benefits pursuant to RSA 282-A:25, the individual's base period shall be the last 4 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year if such period qualifies the individual for benefits under RSA 282-A:25. The commissioner shall establish rules for obtaining wage information if wage information for the most recent quarter of the alternate base period is not available to the department from regular quarterly reports of wage information that is systematically accessible.||(a) Wages that fall within the base period of claims established under this paragraph are not available for reuse in qualifying for any subsequent benefit years.||(b) In the case of a combined-wage claim pursuant to the arrangement approved by the United States Secretary of Labor, the base period is that base period applicable under the unemployment compensation law of the paying state.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 261:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(A). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 1998, 87:1, eff. April 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:3 - Benefits.

    282-A:3 Benefits. –||"Benefits" means the money payable to an individual as compensation for his wage losses due to unemployment as provided in this chapter.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(B). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:3-a - Supplemental Unemployment Plan.

    282-A:3-a Supplemental Unemployment Plan. –||For the purposes of this chapter "supplemental unemployment plan" shall mean a plan, system, trust or contract by the terms of which an individual will receive from the employer, trustees of the plan or trust, union or other agency, payments supplemental to unemployment compensation or based on or to be paid in conjunction with unemployment compensation, which are available to the employees generally but not available in advance, in a lump sum or for loan, to be paid only during periods of unemployment except payments for vacations, bonuses, profit sharing plans and severance pay or separation pay.|||Source. 1983, 457:5, eff. Aug. 25, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:4 - Benefit Year.

    282-A:4 Benefit Year. –||"Benefit year" with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the week in which an individual files an initial claim for benefits and meets the earnings requirements of RSA 282-A:25; except that the benefit year shall be 53 weeks if the filing of a new initial claim would result in the use of a quarter of wages in the new base period that had previously been included in a prior base period.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(C). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 1998, 87:2, eff. April 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:5 - Calendar Quarter.

    282-A:5 Calendar Quarter. –||"Calendar quarter" means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the commissioner of the department of employment security may prescribe in a rule.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1, 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(D). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:6 - Contributions.

    282-A:6 Contributions. –||"Contributions" means the money payments due from an employer to the state required by this chapter.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(E). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-6. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|