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NH Rev Stat § 282-A:158 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:158 - Limitation of Fees.

    282-A:158 Limitation of Fees. –||No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the commissioner of the department of employment security, or by his representative or by any court or by any officer thereof. Any individual claiming benefits before the commissioner or his representative may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or agent shall either charge or receive for such services more than an amount approved by the commissioner. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. RL 218:12. 1953, 261:4. RSA 282:13(B). 1957, 118:15, 16. 1973, 528:175, 176. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:160 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:160 - Prohibition Against Discrimination.

    282-A:160 Prohibition Against Discrimination. –||No person shall discriminate in any way against another person because of his appearance or intended appearance as a witness or party, or for giving or furnishing information in connection with any proceeding under this chapter or an appeal therefrom. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in RSA 282-A:161-168.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. RL 218:12. 1953, 261:4. RSA 282:13(D). 1957, 118:15, 16. 1973, 528:175, 176. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:161 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:161 - Generally.

    282-A:161 Generally. –||Whoever willfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for one's self, or for any other person, shall be guilty of:||I. A class A felony if the amount of the additional benefit received as a result of the misrepresentation is $1,000 or more.||II. A class B felony if the amount of the additional benefit received as a result of the misrepresentation exceeds $500 but is less than $1,000.||III. A class A misdemeanor in all other cases.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(A). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3. 1996, 50:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:162 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:162 - Out-of-State or Federal Benefits.

    282-A:162 Out-of-State or Federal Benefits. –||Any individual who wilfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact before a representative of the department of employment security of the state of New Hampshire to obtain benefits under the laws of any other state or the federal government shall be subject to the same provisions of this chapter as if he were claiming benefits under this chapter.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(B). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:163 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:163 - Disqualification, Restitution, and Penalty.

    282-A:163 Disqualification, Restitution, and Penalty. –||I. Any individual who is convicted under RSA 282-A:161 shall be deemed disqualified from receiving benefits for one year from the date of such conviction.||II. All benefits received for any week or weeks directly affected by such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall be deemed overpaid, and the court in all such cases shall order restitution in an amount equal to such overpayment, plus a penalty equal to 20 percent of such amount.||III. Payments of the 20 percent penalty on convictions made under this section on or before October 20, 2013 shall be deposited into the fund established in RSA 282-A:140.||IV. Payments of the 20 percent penalty on convictions made under this section on or after October 21, 2013 shall be divided with 1/4 of such payments being deposited into the fund established in RSA 282-A:140 and 3/4 of such payments being deposited into the unemployment compensation fund established in RSA 282-A:103.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(C). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. 2013, 206:2, eff. July 10, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:164 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:164 - Restitution.

    282-A:164 Restitution. –||Any individual who willfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, whether before a representative of the department of employment security of the state of New Hampshire or in another state before a representative of the unemployment compensation agency of that state which is acting in the capacity of agent for the state of New Hampshire, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, or under the laws of any other state or the federal government, either for such individual, or for any other person, may, in the discretion of the commissioner or his or her authorized representative, be determined to be disqualified for benefits for each week directly affected by the false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact. All benefits received for each week of such disqualification shall be deemed overpaid, and restitution in an amount equal to such overpayment plus a penalty equal to 20 percent of the overpaid benefits shall be ordered by the commissioner or his or her authorized representative. In addition to such disqualification, such individual shall be deemed ineligible to receive benefits for not less than 4 nor more than 52 consecutive weeks, beginning with the week in which the decision is made, as determined by the commissioner or his or her authorized representative. For each week of determined ineligibility, an amount equal to the individual's maximum weekly benefit rate during such week shall be deducted from the maximum benefits available to the individual during the benefit year in which such week falls; but no change shall be made in his or her weekly benefit amount because of this deduction. Payments of the 20 percent penalty on determinations made under this section on or before October 20, 2013 shall be deposited into the fund established by RSA 282-A:140. Payments of the 20 percent penalty on determinations made under this section on or after October 21, 2013 shall be divided with 1/4 of such payments being deposited into the fund established by RSA 282-A:140 and 3/4 of such payments being deposited into the unemployment compensation fund established in RSA 282-A:103. Any proceeding or action taken under this section shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any proceeding or action taken under RSA 282-A:161.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(D). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. 2012, 176:2, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:165 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:165 - Overpayments.

    282-A:165 Overpayments. –||I. Any person who has received any benefits under this chapter while any conditions for the receipt of benefits imposed by this chapter were not fulfilled or while the person was disqualified from receiving benefits shall be liable to repay to the commissioner such benefits all of which shall be considered to be overpayments.||II. Liability shall not exist where the person receiving benefits is without fault in causing the overpayment as defined by the rules of the commissioner.||III. No such overpayment shall exist unless a determination has been made by the commissioner or an authorized representative setting forth the facts causing the creation of the overpayment and notice of such determination has been sent to the claimant who may appeal in the manner set forth in RSA 282-A:42-68. Such determination shall be made within 2 years of the weeks affected thereby and shall include notice of the compromise process under RSA 282-A:29.||IV. The commissioner shall collect any overpayment created under this chapter by civil action in any manner provided for the collection of contributions in RSA 282-A:141-156 and shall withhold, in whole or in part as determined by the commissioner, any future benefits payable to the individual and shall credit such amount withheld against the overpayment until it is repaid in full.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(E). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3. 2009, 249:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:166 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:166 - Falsity by Employer.

    282-A:166 Falsity by Employer. –||I. Any employing unit, officer, or employee of a corporation, or member or employee of a partnership or limited liability company, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform and:||(a) Who knowingly makes a false statement or representation; or||(b) Who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to avoid becoming or remaining subject hereto or to avoid or prevent or reduce any contribution or other payment required of such employing unit under this chapter, or to deny or reduce payments of benefits to any individual; or||(c) Who fails or refuses to make any such contribution or other payment having in possession or control funds to do so allowing said funds to be expended for any other purpose except payment to trade creditors or payment of wages to employees other than corporate officers or relatives other than for necessaries; or||(d) Who fails or refuses to furnish any reports required hereunder; or||(e) Who fails or refuses to testify or to permit inspection of records or to produce records as required hereunder; or||(f) Who makes, permits or requires any deduction from wages to pay all or any portion of the contributions required from employers; or||(g) Who attempts to induce any individual to waive any right under RSA 282-A; or||(h) Who fails or refuses to file a mass layoff notice under RSA 282-A:45-a, I; or||(i) Who violates or attempts to violate RSA 282-A:91-a; or||(j) Who fails or refuses to furnish a report which includes every individual who performed services in employment for the time period applicable to such report shall be guilty of an offense as provided in paragraph II.||II. Violations of paragraph I are:||(a) Class A felony if the amount of contributions or benefits involved is $1,000 or more.||(b) Class B felony if the amount of contributions or benefits involved exceeds $500 but is less than $1,000.||(c) Class A misdemeanor in all other cases.||III. The court in all such cases shall order such payment to be made or report to be completed and may suspend part of its sentence on condition of said performance.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(F). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1979, 348:6. 1981, 408:3. 1995, 249:8. 1997, 211:4. 2005, 239:7, 8. 2006, 129:1, eff. July 1, 2006. 2013, 206:1, eff. July 10, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:166-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:166-a - Penalties for Failure or Refusal to Make Contributions or Reports.

    282-A:166-a Penalties for Failure or Refusal to Make Contributions or Reports. –||In the discretion of the commissioner or an authorized representative, violations of RSA 282-A:166, I(c) and (d) may subject the person to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than the amount of the contributions then or subsequently determined by the commissioner to be due. For violations of RSA 282-A:166, I(h) a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each day of failure or refusal to file. For violations of RSA 282-A:166, I(j) a penalty of up to $25 for each such individual not reported may be imposed for each calendar day such violation continues. For violations of all other subparagraphs of RSA 282-A:166, I, a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be imposed. All penalties imposed under this section shall be in addition to late filing fees and interest charges due under other sections of this chapter. Any proceeding or action taken against a person under this section shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any proceeding or action taken under RSA 282-A:166. Persons found subject to this section may appeal in the manner set forth in RSA 282-A:95-98.|||Source. 1995, 249:7. 1997, 211:5. 2005, 239:9. 2006, 129:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:167 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:167 - General Penalty.

    282-A:167 General Penalty. –||Any violator of any provision of this chapter, or of any order or rule thereunder, for which a penalty is neither prescribed above nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and each such violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(G). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:168 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:168 - Recovery for Another State.

    282-A:168 Recovery for Another State. –||On request of an agency of another state which administers an employment security law and which has found, in accordance with the provisions of such law, that an individual is liable to repay benefits received under such law, the commissioner may collect from such individual the amount of such benefits, to be refunded to such agency; and such amounts may be collected by civil action in the name of the commissioner acting as agent for such agency.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:22. 1941, 103:44. RL 218:13. 1945, 138:23. 1951, 140:10; 142:8. 1953, 209:13. RSA 282:14(H). 1955, 141:20. 1961, 88:37, 38. 1973, 528:177-179. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:170 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:170 - Reimbursement.

    282-A:170 Reimbursement. –||Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to any reciprocal arrangements authorized by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter; except that no charge shall be made to an employer's account under RSA 282-A:69-98:||I. In excess, for any week or weeks, of the benefits which would have been payable but for this section; or||II. In excess of the maximum benefits payable under RSA 282-A:24-41; or||III. When no benefits would have been payable to an individual, but for this subdivision, because of the lack of wages for insured work necessary to qualify for benefits. In the event that no charge is to be made to an employer's account such as hereinabove provided, such reimbursements shall be charged against the fund. The commissioner of the department of employment security is authorized to make to other state or federal agencies, and to receive from such other state or federal agencies, reimbursements from or to the fund in accordance with arrangements entered into pursuant to RSA 282-A:169.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:46. RL 218:15. 1949, 180:1. 1953, 261:5. RSA 282:16(B). 1959, 28:4. 1963, 194:11. 1965, 57:3. 1971, 156:31. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:171 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:171 - New Findings.

    282-A:171 New Findings. –||If, after entering into an arrangement under RSA 282-A:169, II or III, the commissioner of the department of employment security finds that the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government participating in such arrangement has been changed in a material respect, the commissioner shall make a new finding as to whether such arrangement shall be continued with such state or states or with the federal government.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:46. RL 218:15. 1949, 180:1. 1953, 261:5. RSA 282:16(C). 1959, 28:4. 1963, 194:11. 1965, 57:3. 1971, 156:31. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:172 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:172 - Combining Employment.

    282-A:172 Combining Employment. –||The commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of unemployment compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this chapter with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other states or of the United States of America or of both:||I. Which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of unemployment compensation in such situations, and||II. Which include provisions for||(a) Applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under 2 or more state unemployment compensation laws or a federal unemployment compensation law, and||(b) Avoiding duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:46. RL 218:15. 1949, 180:1. 1953, 261:5. RSA 282:16(D). 1959, 28:4. 1963, 194:11. 1965, 57:3. 1971, 156:31. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:173 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:173 - Suspension and Termination.

    282-A:173 Suspension and Termination. –||If at any time the governor shall find:||I. That the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits have been held invalid under the constitution of this state by the supreme court of this state or under the United States Constitution by the Supreme Court of the United States in such manner that any person or concern required to pay contributions under this chapter might secure a similar decision, or||II. That the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, as amended, or any other federal tax against which contributions under this chapter may be credited, has been amended or repealed by Congress or has been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States with the result that no portion of the contributions required by this chapter may be credited against such federal tax, the governor shall publicly so proclaim; and, upon the date of such proclamation, the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits shall be suspended. The commissioner of the department of employment security shall thereupon requisition from the unemployment trust fund all moneys therein standing to its credit and shall direct the state treasurer to deposit such moneys, together with any other moneys, in the fund, as a special fund in any bank or public depositories in this state in which general funds of the state may be deposited, and to hold such moneys for such disposition as the legislature may prescribe.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:48. RL 218:17. RSA 282:17. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:174 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:174 - Reservation of Right to Amend or Repeal.

    282-A:174 Reservation of Right to Amend or Repeal. –||The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time.|||Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:49. RL 218:18. RSA 282:18. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:175 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:175 - Federal Minimum Standards.

    282-A:175 Federal Minimum Standards. –||In the event that the Congress of the United States should pass any legislation establishing certain minimum standards directing the states to make such changes in their various laws as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with such minimum standards, the commissioner of the department of employment security, or his duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized to make such revision as may be necessary to cause the provisions of this chapter to conform with such minimum standards. If any of the provisions of this section or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances are held invalid, the remainder of this chapter in the application of this section to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1941, 103:50. RL 218:19. RSA 282:19. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:176 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:176 - Rules and Rulemaking.

    282-A:176 Rules and Rulemaking. –||I. All rulemaking power provided in this chapter shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of RSA 541-A. All rules adopted by the authority of this chapter shall be adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||II. The terms "require," "prescribe," "determine," "establish," and "set" when referring to an action taken by the department of employment security to set a requirement binding on the public shall mean to "adopt a rule pursuant to RSA 541-A."|||Source. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 282-A:177 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 282-A - Unemployment Compensation|Section 282-A:177 - Administration.

    282-A:177 Administration. –||The provisions of RSA 282-A:103-106, relative to the unemployment compensation fund, and of RSA 282-A:138-140, relative to the unemployment compensation and employment service administration fund, to the contrary notwithstanding, the commissioner of the department of employment security is authorized to requisition and receive from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund in the treasury of the United States, in the manner permitted by federal law, such moneys standing to its credit in said fund as are permitted by federal law to be used for expenses of administering the provisions of this chapter and to expend such moneys for such purpose. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the amounts of money so requisitioned and received. He shall administer such fund in accordance with the directions of the commissioner of the department of employment security and such rules as the commissioner may adopt not inconsistent with federal law. The commissioner may enter into contracts and educational agreements with and for the employees of the department of employment security under such terms and conditions, which are consistent with federal requirements, as he deems advisable.|||Source. 1949, 290:1. RSA 282:11. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; 416:13, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|