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NH Rev Stat § 275:43-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:43-b - Payment of Salaried Employees.

    275:43-b Payment of Salaried Employees. –||I. A salaried employee shall receive full salary for any pay period in which such employee performs any work without regard to the number of days or hours worked; provided, however, a salaried employee may not be paid a full salary in each of the following instances:||(a) Any pay period in which such employee performs no work.||(b) When an employee receives a disciplinary suspension without pay in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, for any portion of a pay period, and written notification is given to the employee, at least one pay period in advance, in accordance with a written progressive disciplinary policy, plan or practice and the suspension is in full day increments.||(c) If an unpaid leave of absence for a salaried employee is allowed pursuant to a written bona fide plan, policy or practice for absences, of a full day or more, of an employee caused by bereavement leave.||(d) Any portion of a work day or pay period for leave taken under, and in accordance with, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, if written notification from the employer stating the reason for such leave is given to the employee and placed in the employee's personnel file.||(e) If the salaried employee voluntarily, without coercion or pressure, requests time off without pay for any portion of a pay period, after the employee has exhausted any leave time pursuant to a written bona fide leave plan, practice or policy and such leave time requested by the employee is granted by the employer.||II. Employers may prorate salary to a daily basis when a salaried employee is hired after the beginning of a pay period, terminates of his own accord before the end of a pay period, or is terminated for cause by the employer.||III. The employer may offset any amounts received by a salaried employee for jury duty or witness fees or military pay for a particular pay period, against the salary due for that pay period pursuant to a written bona fide leave plan, practice or policy.|||Source. 1994, 290:4. 2004, 145:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:43-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:43-c - Required Premium Only; Cafeteria Plan.

    275:43-c Required Premium Only;  Cafeteria Plan. –||Each small employer, as that term is defined in RSA 420-G:2, XVI, which employs 2 or more employees in the state of New Hampshire and which does not offer employer-sponsored health insurance to all of its employees, may establish and maintain a health coverage premium only cafeteria plan that satisfies the requirements of 26 U.S.C. section 125, and which is specifically established for the purpose of allowing employees who are not eligible for employer-sponsored coverage to purchase health coverage as defined in RSA 420-G:2, IX in the small group market. An employee who works over 15 hours per week and who is not eligible for an employer-sponsored plan may elect to purchase small group health coverage on an individual basis through a payroll deduction. The employer shall not be required to pay for or otherwise contribute to the cost of any health insurance purchased through the cafeteria plan.|||Source. 2010, 204:1, eff. Aug. 21, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:44 - Employees Separated From Payroll Before Pay Days.

    275:44 Employees Separated From Payroll Before Pay Days. –||I. Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full within 72 hours.||II. Whenever an employee quits or resigns, the employer shall pay the employee's wages no later than the next regular payday, as provided under RSA 275:43, either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee, except that if the employee gives at least one pay period's notice of intention to quit the employer shall pay all wages earned by the employee within 72 hours.||III. When work of an employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason whatsoever is laid off, the employer shall pay in full to such employee not later than the next regular payday, as designated under RSA 275:43, either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee, wages earned at the time of suspension or layoff.||IV. If an employer willfully and without good cause fails to pay an employee wages as required under paragraphs I, II or III of this section, such employer shall be additionally liable to the employee for liquidated damages in the amount of 10 percent of the unpaid wages for each day except Sunday and legal holidays upon which such failure continues after the day upon which payment is required or in an amount equal to the unpaid wages, whichever is smaller; except that, for the purpose of such liquidated damages such failure shall not be deemed to continue after the date of filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to the employer if he is adjudicated bankrupt upon such petition.||V. Regardless of the reason for an employee's termination of employment the employer shall pay to the appropriate administrator or other designated officials all wages in the nature of hourly health and welfare fund or pension fund contributions due with respect to such employee at the time of the next succeeding payment date applicable to such contributions.|||Source. 1887, 26:4. PS 180:23. PL 176:27. RL 212:16. RSA 275:44. 1963, 237:3. 1967, 398:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:45 - Unconditional Payment of Wages Conceded to be Due.

    275:45 Unconditional Payment of Wages Conceded to be Due. –||I. In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by this subdivision, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies he might otherwise be entitled to, including those provided under this subdivision, as to any balance claimed.||II. The acceptance by an employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required by an employer as a condition of payment shall be in violation of this subdivision and shall be null and void.|||Source. 1937, 94:1. RL 212:17. RSA 275:45. 1963, 237:3, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:46 - Prime Contractor's Responsibility for Wage Payments.

    275:46 Prime Contractor's Responsibility for Wage Payments. –||Whenever any person shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the contracting person has undertaken to perform on a common site or location, he shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in the performance of work under such contract for the payment of wages, exclusive of liquidated damages, as required by RSA 275:43, 44 and 45, whenever and to the extent that the employer of such employees fails to pay such wages, and the employer of such employees shall be liable to such person for any wages paid by him under this section.|||Source. 1887, 26:2. PS 180:22. 1921, 68:2. PL 176:28. 1935, 69:2; 102:1. RL 212:18. RSA 275:46. 1963, 237:3, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:47 - Deceased Employees.

    275:47 Deceased Employees. –||I. In the event of the death of an employee, wages due him by an employer not in excess of $300 may upon proper demand be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to descendants: In accordance with the laws of intestacy for the state of New Hampshire.||II. Payments under paragraph I shall be a release and discharge of the employer to the amount of such payment.|||Source. 1935, 102:2. RL 212:19. RSA 275:47. 1963, 237:3, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:48-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:48-a - Rule Against Perpetuities.

    275:48-a Rule Against Perpetuities. –||A trust created by an employer as part of a stock bonus, pension, disability, death benefit or profit-sharing plan for the exclusive benefit of some or all of his employees, to which contributions are made by the employer or employees, or both, for the purpose of distributing to the employees the earnings or the principal, or both earnings and principal, of the fund held in trust, may continue in perpetuity or for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it is created, and shall not be invalid as violating any rule of law against perpetuities or suspension of the power of alienation of the title to the property. This section shall apply to all such trusts whether in existence on July 1, 1967 or established after said date.|||Source. 1967, 195:1, eff. July 1, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:49 - Notification, Posting, and Records.

    275:49 Notification, Posting, and Records. –||Every employer shall:||I. Notify the employees, at the time of hiring of the rate of pay, and of the day and place of payment;||II. Notify his or her employees of any changes in the arrangements specified above prior to the time of such changes, provided however that there shall be no penalty for failure to provide notification to an employee concerning changes to the minimum hourly rate pursuant to RSA 279:21;||III. Make available to his or her employees in writing or through a posted notice maintained in a place accessible to his or her employees employment practices and policies with regard to vacation pay, sick leave, and other fringe benefits;||IV. Furnish each employee with a statement of deductions made from his or her wages under RSA 275:48 for each pay period such deductions are made;||V. Keep posted in a place accessible to his or her employees an abstract of this subdivision furnished by the commissioner which shall include information about the criteria for classifying an employee as an employee or as an independent contractor;||VI. Make such records of the persons employed by him or her, including wage and hour records, preserve such records for 3 years, and make such reports therefrom to the commissioner, as are required in statute for the enforcement of the provisions of this subdivision; and||VII. Post and make available to his or her employees the following: "It is illegal in New Hampshire under both state and federal law to pay employees different wages for the same work based solely on sex. If you think that your employer has violated this provision, please contact the New Hampshire Department of Labor." This notice shall also include the address, phone number, and email address of department personnel to be contacted with complaints under this subdivision, as well as an Internet link to RSA 275:37.|||Source. 1935, 69:3. RL 212:40. RSA 275:49. 1963, 237:3. 2007, 135:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2014, 227:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2018, 312:4, 5, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:50 - Waiver Prohibited.

    275:50 Waiver Prohibited. –||I. Except as provided in RSA 275:53, no provision of this subdivision may in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement.||II. Except as provided in RSA 279, an employer and employee may not enter into any agreement, whether written, oral or other, that work may be performed for less than the applicable minimum wage.|||Source. 1939, 112:1. RL 212:41. 1963, 237:3. 1997, 226:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:52 - Penalties.

    275:52 Penalties. –||Any employer who wilfully violates any provision of RSA 275:43 or 44, or who wilfully fails to comply with any other requirement of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1963, 237:4. 1973, 528:168, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:52-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:52-a - Penalty for Failure to Pay Health and Welfare Pension Fund Contributions.

    275:52-a Penalty for Failure to Pay Health and Welfare Pension Fund Contributions. –||In addition to any other penalty or punishment otherwise provided for by law, any person or employer, who is a party to a health and welfare fund trust agreement, a pension fund trust agreement, or any other such agreement, whereby he agrees to pay or provide the contributions required by any such agreement, and who refuses or wilfully fails or grossly neglects to pay such contributions or payments within 30 days after such payments are required to be made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1967, 309:1. 1973, 528:169, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:53 - Employees' Remedies.

    275:53 Employees' Remedies. –||I. Action by an employee to recover unpaid wages and/or liquidated damages may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or themselves, or such employee or employees may designate an agent or representative to maintain such action.||II. Whenever the commissioner determines that wages have not been paid, and that such unpaid wages constitute an enforceable claim, the commissioner may upon the request of the employee take an assignment in trust for such wages and/or any claim for liquidated damages, without being bound by any of the technical rules respecting the validity of any such assignments and may bring any legal action necessary to collect such claim. With the consent of the assigning employee at the time of the assignment the commissioner shall have the power to settle and adjust any such claim to the same extent as might the assigning employee.||III. The court in any action brought under this subsection may, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees, to be paid by the defendant. Such attorney's fees in the case of actions brought under this subsection by the commissioner shall be remitted by the commissioner to the state treasurer. The commissioner shall not be required to pay the filing fee or other costs or fees of any nature or to file bond or other security of any nature in connection with such action or proceedings supplementary thereto, or as a condition precedent to the availability to the commissioner of any process in aid of such action or proceedings. The commissioner shall have power to join various claimants in one preferred claim or lien, and in case of suit to join them in one cause of action.|||Source. 1963, 237:4. 1975, 355:7, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:54 - Rules and Regulations.

    275:54 Rules and Regulations. –||The commissioner is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as he determines necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1963, 237:4, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:55 - Separability of Provisions.

    275:55 Separability of Provisions. –||If any provision of this subdivision, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the subdivision, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1963, 237:4, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:56 - Employee Access to Personnel Files.

    275:56 Employee Access to Personnel Files. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph III, every employer shall provide a reasonable opportunity for any employee who so requests to inspect such employee's personnel file and further, upon request, provide such employee with a copy of all or part of such file. An employer may only charge the employee a fee reasonably related to the cost of supplying the requested documents.||II. If, upon inspection of his personnel file, an employee disagrees with any of the information contained in such file, and the employee and employer cannot agree upon removal or correction of such information, then the employee may submit a written statement explaining his version of the information together with evidence supporting such version. Such statement shall be maintained as part of the employee's personnel file and shall be included in any transmittal of the file to a third party and shall be included in any disclosure of the contested information made to a third party.||III. The provisions of this section shall not require the disclosure of:||(a) Information in the personnel file of a requesting employee who is the subject of an investigation at the time of his request if disclosure of such information would prejudice law enforcement; or||(b) Information relating to a government security investigation.||IV. Health, fitness, lifestyle, and other information obtained from employees by their employer or the employer's agents for purposes of providing employees with a health risk assessment or other wellness program shall not be considered personnel records, shall not be retained in an employee personnel file, and shall be inadmissible in any proceedings under RSA 281-A.|||Source. 1983, 408:1. 2007, 263:159, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:57 - Reimbursement of Employee Expenses.

    275:57 Reimbursement of Employee Expenses. –||I. An employee who incurs expenses in connection with his or her employment and at the request of the employer, except those expenses normally borne by the employee as a precondition of employment, which are not paid for by wages, cash advance, or other means from the employer, shall be reimbursed for the payment of the expenses within 30 days of the presentation by the employee of proof of payment.||II. Enforcement and administration of this section by the department shall be as provided for wage claims under RSA 275:51.||III. An action by an employee to recover unreimbursed expenses may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or herself, or themselves, or such employee or employees may designate an agent or representative to maintain such action.||IV. An employer who willfully violates the provisions of this section may be assessed interest and a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation, which shall be deposited into the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.||V. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A necessary for the administration of this section.|||Source. 2000, 167:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2011, 224:59, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:58 - Definition.

    275:58 Definition. –||In this subdivision, "sharp" means any object used or encountered by a health care worker that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body and result in an exposure incident, including but not limited to, needles, scalpels, lancets, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, exposed ends of dental wires and dental knives, drills and burs.|||Source. 2000, 183:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:59 - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(26), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    275:59 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(26), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 275:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:60 - Rulemaking.

    275:60 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health and human services, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to protect health care workers in the public sector from occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. These rules shall not be inconsistent with the bloodborne pathogen regulations adopted for the private sector by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration within the United States Department of Labor.|||Source. 2000, 183:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:61 - Definitions.

    275:61 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Crime" means an offense designated by law as a felony or a misdemeanor.||II. "Employee" means employee as defined in RSA 275:4.||III. "Employer" means employer as defined in RSA 275:4, provided that for the purposes of this subdivision, an employer shall have 25 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks during any calendar year.||IV. "Immediate family" means the father, mother, stepparent, child, stepchild, sibling, spouse, grandparent, or legal guardian of the victim; or any person involved in an intimate relationship and residing in the same household with the victim.||V. "Victim" means any person who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional, psychological, or financial harm as a result of the commission or the attempted commission of a crime. "Victim" also includes the immediate family of any victim who is a minor or who is incompetent, or the immediate family of a homicide victim.|||Source. 2005, 109:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:62 - Right to Leave Work.

    275:62 Right to Leave Work. –||I. Pursuant to the rights of crime victims under RSA 21-M:8-k, II(e), an employer shall permit an employee who is a victim of a crime to leave work so that the employee may attend court or other legal or investigative proceedings associated with the prosecution of the crime.||II. An employer shall not discharge an employee who is a victim of a crime because the employee exercises his or her right to leave work pursuant to this subdivision.||III. An employer shall not be required to compensate an employee who is a victim of a crime and who exercises his or her rights under this subdivision.||IV. An employee who leaves work pursuant to this subdivision may elect to use, or an employer may require the employee to use, the employee's accrued paid vacation time, personal leave time, or sick leave time.||V. An employee shall not lose seniority while absent from his or her employment under this subdivision.||VI. Before an employee may leave work under this subdivision, he or she shall provide the employer with a copy of the notice of each scheduled hearing, conference, or meeting that is provided to the employee by the court or agency responsible for providing notice to the employee.||VII. An employer shall maintain the confidentiality of any written documents or records submitted by an employee relative to the employee's request to leave work under this subdivision.|||Source. 2005, 109:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2020, 24:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2020.|