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NH Rev Stat § 282-A:178 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:178 - Agreement Authorized.

    282-A:178 Agreement Authorized. –||I. The department of employment security, through its commissioner, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, effective April 3, 1975, with the secretary of labor of the United States to become an agent of the United States in order to carry out the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (P.L. 93-618, as amended), and to perform such acts and do all those things necessary to fully carry out such agreement.||I-a. The department of employment security, through its commissioner, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, effective November 4, 2002, with the Secretary of Labor of the United States to become an agent of the United States in order to carry out the provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, as amended, (P.L. 107-210, as amended), and to perform such acts and do all those things necessary to fully carry out such agreement.||II. (a) Solely for the purposes of carrying out the agreement authorized in paragraphs I and I-a, and notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the provisions of this section permit:||(1) The payment of unemployment compensation benefits:||(A) To an individual undergoing a training or retraining program under said federal law,||(B) To an individual who voluntarily leaves employment which is not suitable as specially defined in said Trade Act to enter training which has been approved under the Trade Act prior to said leaving.||(2) An individual to receive unemployment compensation benefits though supplemented by a trade readjustment allowance or other assistance under the Trade Act.||(3) The use of moneys in the contingent fund provided by RSA 282-A:140 for payment to the United States of America where it has been found that there was gross negligence, fraud or failure to take appropriate recovery action by New Hampshire under the terms of the agreement.||(b) An individual whose benefit year ends during an extended benefit period shall have his potential maximum extended benefit amount reduced by any trade readjustment allowances received during said benefit year.||III. All costs of the Trade Act program, including benefits, training, counseling, attorney fees, or any other costs, shall be paid only out of federal funds made available to the state for that purpose. In administering the Trade Readjustment Act program, the state of New Hampshire shall be considered as acting solely as agent of the United States and shall incur no liability.||IV. The provisions of paragraph II shall be considered to be part of every grant, benefit, order or other document issued by any authority dealing with the Trade Act program as if fully set forth verbatim in such grant, benefit, order or other document.|||Source. RSA 282:21. 1965, 373:1. 1975, 486:1, 2. 1976, 34:8, 9, 10. 1977, 600:37, I, II. 1978, 40:8, 9. 1979, 348:7, 11. 1981, 408:3; 416:14. 1982, 35:8. 2003, 116:12-14, eff. Aug. 8, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:179 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:179 - Exemption.

    282-A:179 Exemption. –||The provisions of RSA 541-A:31-36 shall not apply to proceedings conducted in accordance with RSA 282-A:42-46.|||Source. 1983, 386:2. 1994, 412:30, eff. Aug. 9, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:180 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:180 - Collateral Estoppel.

    282-A:180 Collateral Estoppel. –||Decisions rendered under this chapter shall not be admissible in any court or in administrative or other proceedings, not under or pursuant to this chapter, for the purpose of barring such court or proceeding from making independent findings of fact and rulings of law under the doctrine of collateral estoppel.|||Source. 1989, 267:17, eff. July 25, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:181 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:181 - Job Training Program.

    282-A:181 Job Training Program. –||The department of employment security shall administer the job training program in this subdivision. The commissioner of the department of employment security shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the grant award process and general administration of this subdivision.||I. Training programs may include, but shall not be limited to:||(a) Structured, on-site laboratory or classroom training.||(b) Basic skills.||(c) Technical skills.||(d) Quality improvement.||(e) Safety.||(f) Management and supervision.||(g) English as a second language.||II. No more than $500,000 annually, from sources other than the WorkReadyNH program, shall be provided to support programs offered as of January 1, 2019, and, in addition to programs offered as of January 1, 2019, funding shall be provided for:||(a) Training individuals not otherwise eligible for state or federal training funds available as of January 1, 2019, including the cost of certificate programs, apprenticeship programs as defined under 29 C.F.R. Part 29, and occupational skills training in order to fill current, in-demand employment in New Hampshire with employers having immediate employment needs, with a priority for jobs identified through the state's sector partnership initiative and for employers who pay individuals during training periods.||(b) Enhanced support services, including child care and transportation assistance, which would not otherwise be available through any other state, federal, or other programs, with such assistance limited to income eligible individuals with an identified career path and who are determined to be in need of such support services to successfully compete for employment opportunities;||(c) The WorkReadyNH program established by the community college system of New Hampshire in an amount not to exceed $500,000 annually.||(d) Certificate programs, apprenticeship programs as defined under 29 C.F.R. Part 29, and occupational skills training opportunities for New Hampshire high school students upon graduation in order to fill current, in-demand employment in New Hampshire.||(e) Marketing of New Hampshire's workforce development initiatives to employers and business community representatives in New Hampshire.||(f) Recruitment and coordination of services provided in this section to populations with higher than average unemployment in New Hampshire, including persons in need of training to change careers, persons with substance use disorders who are in recovery programs, persons with disabilities, inmates transitioning to the general population, persons who are homeless, senior citizens, legal immigrants and speakers of languages other than English, including documented outreach to and priority given to persons with substance use disorders who are in recovery programs.|||Source. 2019, 346:186, eff. Sept. 26, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:182 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:182 - Training Fund.

    282-A:182 Training Fund. –||I. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the training fund. Commencing January 1, 2020, the moneys in this fund shall be used solely as determined by the commissioner of the department of employment security in accordance with rules and guidelines adopted by the department for funding training under the job training program established in this subdivision. The commissioner of the department of employment security shall make rules relative to administration of the grant award process under this subdivision.||II. The commissioner shall act as the fiscal agent for moneys deposited in the training fund. All costs incurred by the commissioner acting as fiscal agent of the training fund shall be paid from such fund.||III. Any interest earned on the moneys in this fund shall remain in the fund and shall be expended as provided in paragraph I.||IV. Any moneys paid into the training fund during a calendar year, which are either not obligated by June 30 of the following year or spent by June 30 of the year thereafter, shall be continually appropriated and shall not lapse.|||Source. 2019, 346:186, eff. Sept. 26, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:183 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:183 - Expenditure for Job Training Program.

    282-A:183 Expenditure for Job Training Program. –||The department of employment security shall use no more than 10 percent, or $600,000, of any moneys received from the training fund established in RSA 282-A:182, whichever is less, to administer the job training program in this subdivision, including support for the sector partnership initiative.|||Source. 2019, 346:186, eff. Sept. 26, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:184 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:184 - Report.

    282-A:184 Report. –||The commissioner shall annually submit a report to the governor's state workforce innovation board, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of senate, the chairperson of the senate committee with jurisdiction over commerce issues, and the chairperson of the house committee with jurisdiction over labor issues concerning the effectiveness of the job training program established in this subdivision.|||Source. 2019, 346:186, eff. Sept. 26, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:1 - Purpose.

    282-B:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to establish a group purchasing mechanism whereby individuals who work for employers with more than 50 employees who do not to offer either family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) coverage under the granite state paid family leave plan as authorized under RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111 or an FMLI benefit that is at least equivalent to such coverage will have the opportunity to purchase granite state paid family leave plan coverage through a mechanism established by the state in conjunction with the state government employee FMLI plan.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:2 - Definitions.

    282-B:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Child" has the same meaning as "son or daughter" in 29 U.S.C. section 2611(12).||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of employment security.||III. "Department" means the department of employment security.||IV. "Employer" has the same definition as relevant provisions of RSA 282-A:8, except as provided in RSA 282-A:9.||V. "Employment" means wages paid for services by an employer that is covered by this chapter.||VI. "Family and medical leave" means leave from work:||(a) Because of the birth of a child of the employee, within the past 12 months;||(b) Because of the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or fostering within the past 12 months;||(c) Because of a serious health condition of a family member; or||(d) Because of any qualifying exigency arising from foreign deployment with the armed forces, or to care for a service member with a serious injury or illness as permitted under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. section 2612(a)(1)(E) and 29 C.F.R. section 825.126(a)(1) through (8), as they existed on October 19, 2017, for family members as defined in paragraph VIII.||(e) A serious health condition of the employee that isn't related to employment and their employer does not offer Short Term Disability insurance.||VII. "Family and Medical Leave Act" means the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Pub.L. 103-3, 29 U.S.C. section 2601 et seq.||VIII. "Family member" means a child, a biological, adoptive, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of the child or the child's spouse or domestic partner, a biological, adoptive, or foster grandparent or step grandparent, or a spouse or domestic partner.||IX. "FMLI" means family and medical leave insurance providing wage replacement benefits under specified conditions.||X. "Individual Pool" means the pooled purchasing mechanism established in this chapter for the purpose of providing individual employees of employers who do not sponsor qualifying FMLI coverage the option to purchase such coverage on an individual basis.||XI. "Serious health condition" means any illness covered by the federal family and medical leave act including treatment for addiction as prescribed by a treating clinician, consistent with American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria, as well as treatment for a mental health condition, consistent with American Psychiatric Association criteria.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:3 - Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities.

    282-B:3 Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities. –||I. Individuals who are employed by private employers with more than 50 employees who do not offer either FMLI coverage under the granite state paid family leave plan under RSA 21-I:99 - RSA 21-I:111 or an FMLI benefit that is at least equivalent to such coverage will have the opportunity to purchase granite state paid family leave plan coverage through the individual pool. The individual pool shall operate by payroll deduction for employees of employers with more than 50 employees whereby premiums are paid into an FMLI premium fund administered by the department as provided in this chapter and established in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services under RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111.||II. Individuals employed by employers with more than 50 employees opting into the individual pool shall be required to make their premium remittances by payroll deduction. All private employers with more than 50 employees who have employees who have individually opted into this pooled purchasing mechanism shall remit FMLI premium payments to the department in a manner as directed by the commissioner.||III. Employers with fewer than 50 employees who wish to purchase FMLI coverage through the granite state paid family leave plan shall have the opportunity to purchase such coverage by making premium remittances into an FMLI premium fund administered by the department as provided in this chapter and established in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services acting pursuant to RSA 21-I:99.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:4 - FMLI Premium Fund Established.

    282-B:4 FMLI Premium Fund Established. –||There is established the FMLI premium fund for deposits of insurance premium payments paid pursuant to RSA 282-B:3 and for remittance of such premiums to the FMLI carrier or carriers participating in the twin state voluntary leave plan. The department shall develop standard enrollment procedures in coordination with participating carriers and shall transmit enrollment and eligibility information to such carriers on a timely basis. The department shall establish procedures and mechanisms for the billing and collection of premiums from employers. The department shall specify in contracts with participating carriers how all premiums shall be transmitted and the frequency of that transmission and how penalties and grace periods on late payments of premiums shall be calculated. The department may contract with qualified, independent vendors for the services necessary to carry out some or all of the duties under this paragraph.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:5 - FMLI Premium Stabilization Trust Fund Established.

    282-B:5 FMLI Premium Stabilization Trust Fund Established. –||I. There is established the FMLI premium stabilization trust fund which shall be held and accounted for separately from all other funds. Interest, dividends, and other earnings of the fund shall be added to the fund. Deposits into the fund shall be limited exclusively to:||(a) Premium taxes imposed on premiums written by duly authorized insurance companies for family and medical leave insurance written in connection with the administration of RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111 or RSA 282-B as provided in RSA 400-A:32, III(c); and||(b) Gifts, grants, and donations. The moneys in the fund shall not be subject to any state taxes and shall not be subject to any federal taxes to the extent allowed by applicable federal law.||II. The moneys in the fund shall constitute a premium stabilization reserve and shall be used exclusively for the purpose of assuring that the premiums charged to participants in the individual pool remain stable from year to year and do not exceed 5 dollars per subscriber per week. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner, who shall be authorized to make such periodic payments to participating FMLI carriers as are necessary to meet the purposes of this paragraph. The department is authorized to contract with qualified, independent vendors for the services necessary to carry out some or all of the duties under this paragraph.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:6 - Report and Outreach.

    282-B:6 Report and Outreach. –||I. Working in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services as provided in RSA 21-I:108, I the department shall produce, on an annual basis, a summary report on the granite state paid family leave plan. The report shall be made public and delivered to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house of representatives. It shall include but not be limited to, a description of progress in implementing the provisions of this chapter, payments into and out of the fund, the number of employees in the state participating in the purchasing mechanism, and recommendations for improvement of the program and for further increasing the rate at which New Hampshire employees have FMLI coverage.||II. Working in coordination with the department of administrative services as provided in RSA 21-I:108, II, the department shall develop and implement an outreach program to ensure that individuals who may be eligible to receive FMLI benefits under this chapter or under RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111 are made aware of these benefits. Outreach information shall explain in an easy to understand format, eligibility requirements, benefit structures, and the process for accessing coverage and enrolling.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:7 - Rulemaking.

    282-B:7 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as deemed necessary for the implementation of this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:8 - Appropriation and Funding Transfer.

    282-B:8 Appropriation and Funding Transfer. –||The state treasurer shall transfer funds from the general fund to the department of employment security for payment of the administrative and implementation costs associated with this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:9 - Implementation.

    282-B:9 Implementation. –||The individual pool shall be operational and available for use by individuals on a timetable that is sufficient to ensure that FMLI coverage shall be available for purchase by January 1, 2023.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-B - Purchasing Pool for Family and Medical Leave Insurance|Section 282-B:10 - Application; Employers with Fewer than 50 Employees.

    282-B:10 Application;  Employers with Fewer than 50 Employees. –||No provision of this chapter shall require employers with fewer than 50 employees to offer family medical leave or process payroll deductions on behalf employees choosing to participate in the program as individuals.|||Source. 2021, 91:466, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 283:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 283 - Preference of Resident Laborers and Veterans|Section 283:1 - Definitions.

    283:1 Definitions. –||I. State, county, or municipal agency shall mean any board, commission, department, officer, agency, or agent of the state or of any county, city, town or political division thereof charged with the duty of making contracts therefor.||II. Contract shall mean any contract for the construction, maintenance, repair, or demolition of any road, bridge, building, public work, project, or any portion of the same, wherein federal funds are not used in whole or in part.||III. Contractor shall include any person, firm, association, or corporation.|||Source. 1935, 111:1. RL 219:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 283:2, 283:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 283 - Preference of Resident Laborers and Veterans|Section 283:2, 283:3 - Repealed by 1971, 399:3, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

    283:2, 283:3 Repealed by 1971, 399:3, eff. Aug. 27, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 283:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 283 - Preference of Resident Laborers and Veterans|Section 283:4 - Employment of Veterans.

    283:4 Employment of Veterans. –||I. In public employment of clerks, office help, mechanics, laborers, inspectors, supervisors, foremen, janitors, peace officers, and relief employees in the construction of public works, public projects and in the conduct of city, town or district departments by a county, city, town, or district, or by persons contracting therewith for such construction, carrying out of relief projects and in the conduct of city, town, or district departments, preference shall be given to citizens of the state who have served in the armed forces of the United States, for not less than 90 days, in times of war, and have been discharged honorably therefrom or released from active duty therein, if equally qualified for said employment and if registered in accordance with the provisions of RSA 283:7. Where such employment is obtained from relief rolls or for persons in need, in cases of equal or greater need preference shall be given to such veterans.||II. When the state is the employer, preference in hiring shall be given to a veteran, as defined in RSA 21:50, if a veteran is one of multiple candidates who are otherwise equally qualified.|||Source. 1935, 144:1. RL 219:4. 1943, 190:4. 2009, 217:1, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.|