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NH Rev Stat § 275:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:11 - Labor Trouble, Soliciting Help.

    275:11 Labor Trouble, Soliciting Help. –||If any employer, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees publicly advertises in newspapers, or by posters or otherwise, for employees, or by himself or his agents solicits persons to work for him to fill the places of strikers, he shall plainly and explicitly state, in such advertisements or oral or written solicitations, that a strike, lockout or other labor disturbance exists. If a strike exists, the employer shall in the advertisement plainly and explicitly state that a "strike" exists.|||Source. 1913, 212:1. 1917, 99:1. PL 176:36. RL 212:28. RSA 275:11. 1992, 199:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:12 - Form of Advertisement.

    275:12 Form of Advertisement. –||No person shall knowingly publish or circulate any advertisement for employees which does not comply with the foregoing provisions.|||Source. 1913, 212:1. 1917, 99:1. PL 176:37. RL 212:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:13 - Termination of Labor Trouble.

    275:13 Termination of Labor Trouble. –||The provisions of the 2 preceding sections shall cease to be operative when the state board of arbitration shall determine that the business of the employer, in respect to which the strike or other labor trouble occurred, is being carried on in the normal and usual manner, and to the normal and usual extent. Said board shall determine this question as soon as may be, upon the application of the employer.|||Source. 1913, 212:2. PL 176:38. RL 212:30.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:14 - Penalty.

    275:14 Penalty. –||If any person shall violate any provision of RSA 275:11 or 12, or shall authorize or permit such violation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1913, 212:3. 1917, 99:2. 1923, 92:1. PL 176:39. RL 212:31. RSA 275:14. 1973, 528:165, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:15 - to 275:27 Repealed by 1989, 53:2, eff. June 18, 1989.

    275:15 to 275:27 Repealed by 1989, 53:2, eff. June 18, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 275:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:28 - Holidays.

    275:28 Holidays. –||No employee shall be required to work in any mill or factory on any legal holiday, except to perform such work as is both absolutely necessary and can lawfully be performed on the Lord's Day.|||Source. 1913, 188:1. PL 176:40. RL 212:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:29 - Penalty.

    275:29 Penalty. –||Whoever violates RSA 275:28 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1913, 188:2. PL 176:41. RL 212:33. RSA 275:29. 1973, 529:54, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:30 - Day's Work Defined.

    275:30 Day's Work Defined. –||In all contracts relating to labor, 8 hours' actual labor shall be taken to be a day's work unless otherwise agreed by the parties. This provision shall not apply to classes of labor for which the law provides day limits.|||Source. 1929, 93:1. RL 212:34. RSA 275:30. 1971, 271:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:30-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:30-a - Lunch or Eating Period.

    275:30-a Lunch or Eating Period. –||An employer may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without granting him a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period, except if it is feasible for the employee to eat during the performance of his work, and the employer permits him to do so.|||Source. 1975, 298:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:31 - Making Up Time.

    275:31 Making Up Time. –||No person shall require or request any employee engaged in any occupation to work more hours in any one day than is limited by law, in order to make up lost time by reason of a legal holiday.|||Source. 1933, 130:1. RL 212:35. 1951, 225:1 par. 35, eff. Aug. 29, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:32 - Sunday Work.

    275:32 Sunday Work. –||Whoever requires an employee engaged in any occupation to do on Sunday the usual work of his occupation, unless he is allowed during the 6 days next ensuing 24 consecutive hours without labor, shall be fined not more than $50; provided that this section and the following section shall not be construed as allowing any work on Sunday not otherwise authorized by law.|||Source. 1933, 130:1. RL 212:36. 1951, 225:1 par. 36, eff. Aug. 29, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:33 - Day of Rest.

    275:33 Day of Rest. –||No employer shall operate any such business on Sunday unless he or she has posted and made available to employees a schedule containing a list of employees who are required or allowed to work on Sunday and designating the day of rest for each. No employee shall be required to work on the day of rest designated for him or her.|||Source. 1933, 130:1. RL 212:37. 1951, 225:1 par. 37. RSA 275:33. 1957, 187:15, eff. July 1, 1957. 2018, 312:2, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:33-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:33-a - Application.

    275:33-a Application. –||The provisions of RSA 275:33 shall not apply to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages and homes for the aged.|||Source. 1959, 183:1, eff. Sept. 8, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:33-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:33-b - Special Agreement.

    275:33-b Special Agreement. –||Employers may be exempt from RSA 275:32 and 33 where mutual agreements are reached between employer and employees, after approval of the labor commissioner where it appears for the best interests of all parties concerned.|||Source. 1963, 237:2, eff. Aug. 31, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:34 - Applications of Provisions.

    275:34 Applications of Provisions. –||RSA 275:32 and 33 shall not apply to establishments used for the manufacture or distribution of gas, electricity, milk or water, nor to the transportation, sale, or delivery of food.|||Source. 1933, 130:1. RL 212:38. 1951, 225:1 par. 38, eff. Aug. 29, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:35 - Exceptions.

    275:35 Exceptions. –||RSA 275:32 and 33 shall not apply to the following employees:||I. Janitors, watchmen, firemen employed at stationary plants, or caretakers.||II. Employees whose duties on Sunday include only setting sponges in bakeries; caring for live animals or caring for machinery and plant equipment.||III. Employees engaged in the preparation, printing, publication, sale or delivery of newspapers, or periodicals with definite on-sale newsstand dates.||IV. Employees engaged in farm or personal service.||V. Employees engaged in any labor called for by an emergency which could not reasonably have been anticipated.||VI. Employees engaged in the canning of perishable goods.||VII. Employees engaged in any work connected with retail stores in resort areas; cabins and inns; and in theatres, motion picture houses, hotels and restaurants.||VIII. Employees of telegraph and telephone offices.||IX. Employees of a recreation camp or a youth skill camp licensed pursuant to RSA 170-E:56.|||Source. 1933, 130:1. 1937, 129:1. 1939, 70:1; 181:1. RL 212:39. 1951, 225:1 par. 39, eff. Aug. 29, 1951. 2018, 131:1, eff. July 29, 2018. 2019, 346:138, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:36 - Definitions.

    275:36 Definitions. –||"Employee" as used in this subdivision shall mean any person employed for hire by an employer in any lawful employment, but shall not include persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, or in agricultural service, or in temporary or seasonal employment, or employees of any social club, fraternal, charitable, educational, religious, scientific or literary association, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private individual.||"Employer" shall include any person acting in the interest of an employer directly or indirectly.||"Employment" means any employment under contract of hire, expressed or implied, written or oral, including all contracts entered into by helpers and assistants of employees, whether paid by employer or employee, if employed with the knowledge, actual or constructive, of the employer in which all or the greater part of the work is to be performed within the state.|||Source. 1947, 193:1, eff. July 1, 1947.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:37 - Equal Pay.

    275:37 Equal Pay. –||I. No employer or person seeking employees shall discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying employees of one sex at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the other sex for equal work that requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility and is performed under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to:||(a) A seniority system;||(b) A merit or performance-based system;||(c) A system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production;||(d) Expertise;||(e) Shift differentials;||(f) A demonstrable factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience.||II. An employer who is paying wages in violation of this section shall not reduce the wage rate of any other employee in order to comply with this section.|||Source. 1947, 193:2. 2000, 133:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2014, 227:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:37-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:37-a - Discrimination on Basis of Using Tobacco Products Prohibited.

    275:37-a Discrimination on Basis of Using Tobacco Products Prohibited. –||No employer shall require as a condition of employment that any employee or applicant for employment abstain from using tobacco products outside the course of employment, as long as the employee complies with any workplace policy, pursuant to RSA 155:51-53 and, when applicable, RSA 155:64-77.|||Source. 1991, 274:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:37-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:37-b - Flexible Working Arrangement.

    275:37-b Flexible Working Arrangement. –||No employer shall retaliate against any employee solely because the employee requests a flexible work schedule. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any employer to accommodate a flexible work schedule. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action for failure to provide a flexible work schedule at an employee's request.|||Source. 2016, 182:1, eff. Sept. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:37-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:37-d - Family and Medical Leave Insurance.

    275:37-d Family and Medical Leave Insurance. –||If an employer has 50 or more employees and sponsors family and medical leave insurance pursuant to RSA 21-I:99, then any employee of that employer who takes family or medical leave and accesses wage replacement benefits under such family and medical leave insurance coverage shall be restored to the position she or he held prior to such leave or to an equivalent position by her or his employer consistent with the job restoration provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Public Law 103-3, 29 U.S.C. section 2601 et seq. Such employers shall continue to provide health insurance to employees during the leave. However, employees shall remain responsible for any employee-shared costs associated with the health insurance benefits. Such employers shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee for accessing family or medical leave wage replacement benefits. Employers of employees participating in the granite state paid family leave plan may require that paid leave taken under this program be taken concurrently or otherwise coordinated with leave allowed under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or other established employer policy or the Family and Medical Leave Act, as applicable.|||Source. 2021, 91:467, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:38 - Enforcement.

    275:38 Enforcement. –||The labor commissioner shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to enforce the provisions of this subdivision through appropriate actions in response to complaints.|||Source. 1947, 193:3, eff. July 1, 1947. 2014, 227:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:38-a - Non-Retaliation Provision.

    275:38-a Non-Retaliation Provision. –||I. No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because he or she:||(a) Makes a charge, files any complaint, or institutes or causes to be instituted any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under or related to this subdivision, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or has testified or is planning to testify or has assisted or participated in any manner in any such investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action.||(b) Inquired about, discussed, or disclosed his or her wages or those of another employee.||II. This section shall not apply to any employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee's essential job functions who discloses the wages of such other employees to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a complaint or charge or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under RSA 275:41-a including an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the rights of an employee provided under any other provision of law.|||Source. 2014, 227:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:39 - Liquidated Damages.

    275:39 Liquidated Damages. –||An employer who violates the provisions of RSA 275:37 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid wages, and in an additional equal amount of liquidated damages. Action to recover such liability may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or themselves and other employees similarly situated. At the request of any employee paid less than the wage to which she is entitled under this subdivision, the labor 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 liquidated damages above provided for. The commissioner shall not be required to pay the entry fee, or other costs, in connection with such action. The commissioner shall have power to join various claimants against the employer in one cause of action.|||Source. 1947, 193:4, eff. July 1, 1947.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:40 - Penalties.

    275:40 Penalties. –||Any employer who violates the provisions of RSA 275:37, RSA 275:38-a, or RSA 275:41-b shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person, and notwithstanding RSA 651:2, IV(a), subject to a fine of not more than $2,500.|||Source. 1947, 193:5. RSA 275:40. 1973, 528:167, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m. 2014, 227:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:41 - Limitation of Actions.

    275:41 Limitation of Actions. –||Any action to recover unpaid wages and liquidated damages based on violation of RSA 275:37, shall be commenced within 3 years of discovery of the violation. No action brought under this section shall include any violation that occurred more than 4 years prior to the commencement of such action.|||Source. 1947, 193:6, eff. July 1, 1947. 2014, 227:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:41-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:41-a - Procedures for Hearings and Appeals.

    275:41-a Procedures for Hearings and Appeals. –||In a claim under RSA 275:37, the commissioner shall notify the employer by serving a copy of such claim and an order to file with the commissioner within 30 days from the receipt of such notice any objections to such claim specifying the grounds therefor. Service may be by certified mail with return receipt. If objection is not made within 30 days, the commissioner may order that payment be made in accordance with the claim. If requested, a hearing shall be afforded at which time any party may appear, with counsel if desired, and present evidence and cross examine opposing witnesses. Any party, at the party's own expense, may cause a record to be made of the hearing. A written decision shall be made within 30 days after the hearing stating the decision and specifying the facts and conclusions upon which the decision is based. If wages are found to be due, an order for payment shall be issued. Any party aggrieved by the decision may appeal to the superior court not later than 20 days thereof by petition, setting forth that the decision is erroneous, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds upon which the decision is claimed to be in error. Upon the filing of an appeal, the commissioner shall transfer to the court the record of the proceeding or a certified copy thereof. The scope of review by the superior court shall be limited to questions of law. After hearing and upon consideration of the record, the court may affirm, vacate, or modify in whole or in part the decision of the commissioner, or may remand the matter to the commissioner for further findings. In the absence of a timely appeal, the decision and order shall be final, shall be entered upon the docket of the superior court at the request of the prevailing party, may be enforced as judgment of said court, and shall be a lien upon the property of the employer situated in the state for a period of 3 years from the time of the decision. It is a requirement of this subdivision for purposes of RSA 275:37 that a final order be immediately satisfied by the employer.|||Source. 2000, 133:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2014, 227:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:41-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:41-b - Pay Disclosure.

    275:41-b Pay Disclosure. –||I. No employer shall require the following as a condition of employment:||(a) That an employee refrain from disclosing the amount of his or her wages.||(b) That an employee sign a waiver or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to disclose the amount of his or her wages, salary, or paid benefits.||II. No employer shall discharge, formally discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he or she discloses the amount of his or her wages, salary, or paid benefits.|||Source. 2014, 227:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; 250:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:41-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:41-c - Pay Equity Information.

    275:41-c Pay Equity Information. –||The commissioner shall make available on the department of labor website, and through any other forum that the department may use to distribute compensation differentials information, accurate information on compensation differentials, including statistics, explanations of employee rights, historical analyses of such differentials, instructions for employers on compliance, and any other information that will assist the public in understanding and addressing such differentials. The commissioner of labor and the commissioner of employment security shall jointly compile and produce such information.|||Source. 2014, 227:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:41-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:41-d - Notice Required.

    275:41-d Notice Required. –||The commissioner shall make available on the department of labor website the following notice: "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. 2014, 227:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 275:43-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 275 - Protective Legislation|Section 275:43-a - Required Pay.

    275:43-a Required Pay. –||On any day an employee reports to work at an employer's request, he or she shall be paid not less than 2 hours' pay at his or her regular rate of pay; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to employees of counties or municipalities. This section shall also not apply to ski and snowboard instructional employees at ski resorts, provided that these employees receive other compensation that is at least equal to their rate of pay. No employer who makes a good faith effort to notify an employee not to report to work shall be liable to pay wages under this section. However, if the employee reports to work after the employer's attempt to notify him or her has been unsuccessful or if the employer is prevented from making notification for any reason, the employee shall perform whatever duties are assigned by the employer at the time the employee reports to work.|||Source. 1985, 223:1, eff. July 30, 1985. 2016, 316:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. 2021, 23:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|