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NH Rev Stat § 279:22-aa (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:22-aa - High School and Post Secondary Students; Workers with Disabilities.

    279:22-aa High School and Post Secondary Students;  Workers with Disabilities. –||I. Upon application by a participating employer or proper school authority, the labor commissioner may establish a sub-minimum wage rate, or no rate, for high school or post secondary students working for practical experience, if circumstances warrant. Guidelines shall be established by the labor commissioner to determine whether an employer-employee relationship exists between participating parties for such work in respect to existing labor laws. No such student shall be allowed to replace an existing worker or a laid-off worker.||II. Upon application by a proper post-secondary organization or rehabilitation facility as defined by and in a manner established by the labor commissioner, the commissioner may establish a practical experience/training program at a sub-minimum wage rate or no wage rate for individuals with disabilities. If such program is established, the commissioner shall establish guidelines to determine whether an employer-employee relationship exits between the parties for work performed through the program that is consistent with state and federal law. No such individual with disabilities, while in the program, shall be allowed to replace an existing worker or a laid-off worker.|||Source. 1969, 407:1. 1979, 154:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1979. 2011, 98:1, eff. July 26, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:22-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:22-b - Wage Adjustment.

    279:22-b Wage Adjustment. –||The commissioner of labor is hereby directed to readjust minimum wages for employees insofar as it may be necessary in view of the provisions of RSA 279:21 and 22.|||Source. 1967, 440:12, eff. Feb. 1, 1968.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:23 - to 279:25 Repealed by 1967, 440:13, eff. Feb. 1, 1968.

    279:23 to 279:25 Repealed by 1967, 440:13, eff. Feb. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 279:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:26 - Repealed by 1995, 94:7, XXII, eff. July 15, 1995.

    279:26 Repealed by 1995, 94:7, XXII, eff. July 15, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 279:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:26-a - Application to Parents, Spouses, Etc.

    279:26-a Application to Parents, Spouses, Etc. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a child employed by his parents, grandparents, or a person or persons in place of his parents or grandparents, employing his own child, grandchild or a child in his custody, who furnishes full maintenance to such child. Nor shall the provisions apply to a spouse working for the other spouse on a volunteer basis when the spouse who works does not expect or claim any pay for the work, other than the support derived from the other spouse's profits in the business.|||Source. 1965, 202:2, eff. Aug. 27, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:26-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:26-b - Tip Pooling and Sharing.

    279:26-b Tip Pooling and Sharing. –||I. Tips are wages and shall be the property of the employee receiving the tip and shall be retained by the employee, unless the employee voluntarily and without coercion from his or her employer agrees to participate in a tip pooling or tip sharing arrangement.||II. No employer is precluded from administering a valid tip pooling or tip sharing arrangement at the request of the employee, including suggesting reasonable and customary practices, and mediating disputes between employees regarding a valid tip pooling or tip sharing arrangement.||III. Nothing shall preclude employee participants in a tip pool from agreeing, voluntarily and without coercion, to provide a portion of the common pool to other employees, regardless of job category, who participated in providing service to customers.|||Source. 2007, 263:119, eff. June 29, 2007. 2012, 79:2, eff. July 22, 2012. 2017, 198:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:27 - Records of Hours and Wages.

    279:27 Records of Hours and Wages. –||Every employer of employees shall keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by each, wages paid to each, and classification of employment when necessary, and shall furnish to the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative upon demand a sworn statement of the same. Employers shall retain such records of hours and wages for 3 years and such records shall be open to inspection by the commissioner or the authorized representative at any reasonable time, subject to the provisions of RSA 273:9. Every employer subject to a statutory minimum wage shall post and make available to his or her employees a copy of such statutory minimum wage. Employers shall be furnished copies of posters on request without charge. Records required by this section may be made, signed, acknowledged, approved, and retained electronically.|||Source. 1933, 87:21. RL 213:21. RSA 279:27. 1967, 440:14. 1995, 94:3, eff. July 15, 1995. 2018, 312:9, eff. June 25, 2018. 2021, 9:1, eff. June 22, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:28 - Penalties.

    279:28 Penalties. –||I. [Repealed.]||II. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rates applicable to such employee under the statutory minimum wage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each week in any day of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him under the statutory minimum wage and each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offense.||III. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who fails to keep the records required hereunder, or refuses to permit the commissioner or his authorized representative to enter his place of business, or fails to furnish such records to the commissioner or his authorized representative upon request shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each day of such failure to keep the records requested hereunder or to furnish the same to the commissioner or his authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.|||Source. 1933, 87:22. RL 213:22. RSA 279:28. 1967, 440:15. 1973, 529:57. 1995, 94:4, 7, XXIII, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 279:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law|Section 279:29 - Civil Actions.

    279:29 Civil Actions. –||If any employee is paid by the employer less than the minimum wage to which the employee is entitled under the statutory minimum wage the employee may recover in a civil action the full amount of such minimum wage less any amount actually paid to the employee by the employer together with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court, and any agreement between the employee and the employee's employer to work for less than the statutory minimum wage shall be no defense to such action. At the request of any employee paid less than the minimum wage to which the employee was entitled under the statutory minimum wage the commissioner may take an assignment of such wage claim in trust for the assigning employee and may bring any legal action necessary to collect such claim, and the employer shall be required to pay the costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court.|||Source. 1933, 87:23. RL 213:23. RSA 279:29. 1967, 440:16. 1995, 94:5, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:1 - Title.

    281-A:1 Title. –||This chapter shall be known as the "Workers' Compensation Law."|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:3 - Election by Employer Not Subject to Law.

    281-A:3 Election by Employer Not Subject to Law. –||Any employer, not subject to the provisions of this chapter, may accept its provisions by purchasing valid workers' compensation insurance applicable to the employment. Such employer shall thereafter be liable to all employees in the same manner as subject employers during the period when such insurance remains in force. During such time, employees of such employer shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of RSA 281-A:8.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:3-a - Incarceration of Certain Persons.

    281-A:3-a Incarceration of Certain Persons. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an employee who has become incarcerated pursuant to a conviction shall forfeit any right to workers' compensation indemnity benefits 30 days after incarceration for the remaining period of incarceration.|||Source. 1997, 225:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:4 - Posting of Notice by Employer.

    281-A:4 Posting of Notice by Employer. –||Every employer subject to this chapter, or who elects to accept its provisions, shall keep posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises a notice that the employer is working under the provisions of RSA 281-A. If any employer fails to post such notice or to keep it posted, such employer shall be guilty of a violation for each day of such failure. This section shall not apply to employers who are subject to this chapter only because they employ domestics.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:4-a - Workers' Compensation Compliance Statement.

    281-A:4-a Workers' Compensation Compliance Statement. –||I. Within 30 days following a written request from the commissioner, any building or construction industry contractor, subcontractor, or independent contractor engaged in the nonresidential building or construction industry shall deliver to the commissioner a workers' compensation compliance statement. The workers' compensation compliance statement shall state the total number of employees employed during the entire prior policy term where such employee had a policy or a one-year period if no policy was in effect or partially in effect preceding the request and shall state the total number of hours the contractor, subcontractor, and independent contractor compensated such employees during such time period and which hours apply to the appropriate National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) classification code applicable to the scope of work performed. Any contractor, subcontractor, or independent contractor who fails to comply with this section or who falsifies information on the statement may be fined up to $1,000 for each week of noncompliance beginning on the date of such failure or falsification. The commissioner shall be entitled to all costs and fees directly associated with obtaining any information not properly made available under this section. All moneys collected as a fine under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited into the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b. The commissioner shall make available a form as may be needed to comply with this section.||II. Any person may request that the commissioner provide such person with a copy of a contractor's, subcontractor's, or independent contractor's workers' compensation compliance statement. The commissioner shall obtain and provide the requested compliance statement if the requesting person submits evidence beyond bid proposals to the commissioner of a contractor's, subcontractor's, or independent contractor's noncompliance with RSA 281-A even if the contractor, subcontractor, or independent contractor appears to be in compliance at the time of the request. The statement shall be maintained as a public record in accordance with RSA 91-A. No contractor, subcontractor, or independent contractor, however, shall be required to deliver to the commissioner a requested workers' compensation compliance statement more than twice in one calendar year.|||Source. 1997, 324:1. 2007, 237:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. 2011, 224:53, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:4-b - Work Certificate for Contractors Before Beginning Their Work on Public Projects.

    281-A:4-b Work Certificate for Contractors Before Beginning Their Work on Public Projects. –||The commissioner of labor shall provide a work certificate form to meet the requirements of the departments of transportation and administrative services, in accordance with RSA 228:4-b or RSA 21-I:80, VI, for contractors, subcontractors, and independent contractors to certify their compliance with RSA 281-A.|||Source. 2007, 323:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5 - Securing Payment of Compensation.

    281-A:5 Securing Payment of Compensation. –||An employer, or group or association of homogeneous employers, subject to this chapter shall secure compensation to employees in one of the following ways:||I. By insuring and keeping insured the payment of such compensation with a company licensed to write workers' compensation insurance in this state and filing with the commissioner, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, evidence of such coverage as the commissioner deems appropriate.||II. By insuring and keeping insured the payment of compensation to domestic employees with a company providing workers' compensation insurance in accordance with RSA 281-A:6.||III. By furnishing to the commissioner satisfactory proof of financial ability to pay compensation directly to an employee when due in the amounts and manner as provided in this chapter.||IV. In the case of employees of the state, compensation shall be made as provided in RSA 21-I:24 and RSA 21-I:25-a.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1992, 43:4. 1994, 158:23, eff. May 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-a - Self-Insurance for Private Employers.

    281-A:5-a Self-Insurance for Private Employers. –||Any private employer as defined in RSA 281-A:2, VIII, or any group or association of homogeneous employers may, subject to RSA 281-A:5, III, and any rules adopted to enforce such section, self-insure for workers' compensation coverage provided that such employer or group or association of homogeneous employers shall:||I. Establish and maintain appropriate loss reserves determined in accordance with sound actuarial principles.||II. Maintain specific excess insurance.||III. Make all contracts with administrators or service companies available for inspection by the commissioner upon reasonable notice.|||Source. 1992, 43:5, eff. June 8, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-b - Private Employers; Annual Financial and Actuarial Reports.

    281-A:5-b Private Employers;  Annual Financial and Actuarial Reports. –||I. Every private employer as defined in RSA 281-A:2, VIII, or group or association of homogeneous employers self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under RSA 281-A:5 and 281-A:5-a, shall annually, within 6 months of the end of the fiscal year or within such extension of time as the commissioner for good cause may grant, file a report with the commissioner, verified by the oath of a member of the board of trustees or by an administrative executive appointed by the board, showing its condition on the last day of the preceding fiscal year. The report shall contain a financial statement of the self-insured program, including its balance sheet and a statement of operations for the preceding year audited by an independent certified public accountant.||II. Every private employer as defined in RSA 281-A:2, VIII, or group or association of homogeneous employers self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under RSA 281-A:5 and 281-A:5-a, shall annually, within 6 months of the end of the fiscal year or within such extension of time as the commissioner for good cause may grant, file with the commissioner a report prepared by an actuary who is a member of the Casualty Actuarial Society or the American Academy of Actuaries as to the actuarial soundness of the program. The report shall consist of, but shall not be limited to, the following:||(a) Adequacy of contribution rates in meeting the level of benefits required and changes, if any, needed in the contribution rates to achieve or preserve a level of funding deemed adequate to enable payment of the benefit amounts required, by each such employer or group or association of homogeneous employers.||(b) A determination of appropriate loss reserves.||(c) A description and explanation of actuarial assumptions.||(d) A statement by the actuary that the report is complete and accurate and that in his opinion the techniques and assumptions used are reasonable and meet the requirements and intent of this section.||(e) Other factors or statements as may be reasonably required by the commissioner in order to determine the actuarial soundness of the plan.|||Source. 1992, 43:5, eff. June 8, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-c - Jurisdiction Over Private Employer Self-Insured Programs.

    281-A:5-c Jurisdiction Over Private Employer Self-Insured Programs. –||I. Any private employer, or group or association of homogeneous employers self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under RSA 281-A:5 and 281-A:5-a, is not an insurance company, reciprocal insurer or other insurer under the laws of this state, and administration of any activity securing compensation to employees thereunder shall not constitute doing an insurance business for any purposes under title XXXVII.||II. The department of labor shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any private employer or group or association of homogeneous employers self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under RSA 281-A:5 and 281-A:5-a.|||Source. 1992, 43:5, eff. June 8, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-d - Regulation of Certain Third Party Administrators Serving Self-Insured Programs.

    281-A:5-d Regulation of Certain Third Party Administrators Serving Self-Insured Programs. –||I. For purposes of this section, "third party administrator" means any person contracting with an employer or group of employers authorized to self-insure in accordance with RSA 281-A:5-a and 281-A:11, to provide a combination of such services as solicitation of coverage, underwriting, collection of charges or premiums, and adjustment or settlement of claims, so as to confer upon such person effective responsibility for management and operation of the self-insurance program.||II. The commissioner shall have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate third party administrators, as defined in this section, to assure that such persons possess capability and financial qualifications sufficient to manage performance of the responsibilities imposed by this chapter upon self-insured employers or groups.||III. Any client company which knowingly does business with an unlicensed third party administrator may, after written notification, be fined up to $1,000 per day for each day the violation continues. Any funds collected under this section shall be deposited in the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.|||Source. 1995, 161:1. 1996, 231:3. 1997, 343:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2011, 224:56, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-e - Repealed by 2006, 122:2, eff. July 14, 2006.

    281-A:5-e Repealed by 2006, 122:2, eff. July 14, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:5-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:5-f - Application of Chapter to Nonresident Employees and Employers.

    281-A:5-f Application of Chapter to Nonresident Employees and Employers. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to nonresident employees and employers doing business in New Hampshire.|||Source. 2006, 122:1, eff. July 14, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:6 - Securing Payment of Compensation for Domestics.

    281-A:6 Securing Payment of Compensation for Domestics. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of title XXXVII, or of any other law to the contrary, all insurance companies authorized to provide comprehensive personal liability, tenant's or homeowner's insurance in this state shall, in connection with such insurance, provide workers' compensation insurance covering domestics unless the employer has a separate policy of workers' compensation insurance covering domestics. Such insurance companies shall not be subject to RSA 281-A:9 or to the financial or other requirements with respect to workers' compensation insurance in addition to those requirements for writing comprehensive personal liability, tenant's or homeowner's insurance. Premium rates and policy forms or endorsements used by a company to provide workers' compensation insurance in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be subject to the approval of the insurance commissioner.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|