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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:64-a - Safety Incentive Program; Certification of Loss Management Consultants.

281-A:64-a Safety Incentive Program;  Certification of Loss Management Consultants. –
I. To qualify for the incentive discount under this section, an eligible employer shall obtain and carry out a loss management program which shall be developed by a loss management consultant certified by the panel established in paragraph IV. A qualifying loss management program shall address safety improvements in the physical environment of the workplace and in the production process. Such a program shall also involve behavioral elements, including substantial employee involvement in a joint loss management committee, required under RSA 281-A:64, III and alternative work programs which allow and encourage injured employees to return to work, and continuing education of participating employers and employees.
II. To be eligible to participate in a program established pursuant to this section an employer shall:
(a) Be insured in the residual market, and have an annual workers' compensation insurance premium of $2,500 or more.
(b) Participate in a managed care program approved under RSA 281-A:23-a.
(c) Participate, where otherwise eligible, in a retrospective rating plan, in which it is required that the employer's final rates for workers' compensation insurance are determined based on the employer's actual loss experience during the 3-year credit period.
III. Any participating employer meeting all eligibility requirements under this section and which has participated in a qualifying loss management program established under this section for at least 6 months shall be eligible for a workers' compensation insurance premium credit of 10 percent, phased out over a 3-year period. The credit shall be retroactive to the first day of participation in such qualifying loss management program.
IV. Pursuant to RSA 404-C:1, the insurance commissioner shall call upon the plan administrator of the New Hampshire workers' compensation insurance plan to file a safety incentive rate program incorporating the provisions of this section. Such rate plan shall also include provision for certifying loss management consultants by an independent panel of 3 persons knowledgeable in loss management matters, one each representing employers, employee groups, and workers' compensation insurers and selected by the insurance commissioner from among candidates recommended by each such constituent group. The commissioners of labor and insurance, or their designees, shall also serve on such certification panel.
Source.
1994, 3:20, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:64-b - Manager of Safety, Training, and Injury Prevention.

281-A:64-b Manager of Safety, Training, and Injury Prevention. –
There is created within the department of labor the classified full-time position of manager of safety, training, and injury prevention who shall be under the direction of the labor commissioner. The position shall be at labor grade 25. The manager shall be responsible for mandatory workplace safety programs and for the development of effective multi-media workplace safety programs which shall be available to all employers.
Source.
1994, 3:20. 2001, 158:99, eff. Dec. 28, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:65 - Multi-Media Program and Manual Required.

281-A:65 Multi-Media Program and Manual Required. –
I. The commissioner shall develop a multi-media education program on safety in the workplace, which shall be used to educate persons providing or receiving workers' compensation benefits regarding their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
II. The commissioner shall also publish and distribute a manual, which shall be approved by the advisory council. Such manual shall be written in informal and readily understandable language and shall contain an explanation of workers' compensation benefits, procedures regarding disputes, relevant rules, and such other information that the commissioner determines will inform employees, employers, insurance carriers, and those providing services pursuant to RSA 281-A of their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The manual shall be reviewed annually and updated as necessary. The manual shall not be construed as containing rules for the purposes of RSA 541-A.
III. The commissioner shall also provide toll-free telephone lines to enable employees and employers to contact the department for answers to questions they may have as to their rights, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
IV. The commissioner shall keep informed regarding successful programs to improve workplace safety conducted in other states. Annually, the commissioner shall communicate with at least 10 employers who have generated the greatest number of compensable injuries in the preceding year, and shall request the opportunity to make a presentation to such employers, and their employees, regarding improvement in workplace safety.
Source.
1990, 254:36, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:67 - Safety Enhancement Program.

281-A:67 Safety Enhancement Program. –
I. There is hereby established a safety enhancement program to be administered by the commissioner. Such program shall include regional training and safety seminars open to all interested employees and employers.
II. The commissioner may engage independent consultants and may make grants to independent organizations to assist in the conduct of the program described in paragraph I within the limits of the appropriation for the program.
Source.
1993, 357:5. 2007, 326:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:68 - Certification Required.

281-A:68 Certification Required. –
After January 1, 1995, persons providing vocational rehabilitation services under RSA 281-A:25 as a vocational rehabilitation provider under this chapter shall be certified in accordance with this subdivision; except that state employees providing vocational rehabilitation services as part of the state vocational rehabilitation program established under RSA 21-N and RSA 200-C shall be certified solely in accordance with RSA 21-I:42 and rules adopted pursuant to RSA 21-I:43.
Source.
1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:69 - Vocational Rehabilitation Provider Advisory Board; Rulemaking.

281-A:69 Vocational Rehabilitation Provider Advisory Board;  Rulemaking. –
I. There is hereby established a vocational rehabilitation provider advisory board to advise the commissioner relative to certification procedures for vocational rehabilitation providers. The board shall be composed of 7 members: 5 members shall be vocational rehabilitation providers eligible for certification, appointed by the governor, one public member, appointed by the governor and the director of the division of workers' compensation, or designee.
II. The term of office for each member of the board appointed by the governor shall be for 3 years; provided, however, that of the members initially appointed, 2 shall be appointed for a term of one year, 2 shall be appointed for 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for 3 years. Three members shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. No member shall serve for more than 2 consecutive terms. Members of the board may be removed from office for cause pursuant to RSA 4:1. The board shall meet as required to carry out its responsibilities. There shall be no monetary compensation provided to members who serve on the board.
III. The board shall develop procedures which the commissioner shall adopt by rule under RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) The application process for certificates.
(b) Certification categories.
(c) The reviewing and certification process.
(d) Continuing education requirements.
(e) Renewals of certificates.
(f) Fees for initial certificates and renewals and for other services provided under this subdivision.
(g) Grounds for disciplinary proceedings and for revocation and suspensions of certificates.
(h) Content and format of all forms required under this subdivision.
(i) Requirements for certification.
(j) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this subdivision.
Source.
1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 281-A - Workers' Compensation › Section 281-A:70 - Fees.

281-A:70 Fees. –
Any fees collected under this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.
Source.
1994, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995. 2011, 224:53, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:1 - Applicability of Definitions.

282-A:1 Applicability of Definitions. –
Any word or phrase defined in this subdivision shall have the same meaning throughout RSA 282-A unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1, intro. par. 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:2 - Base Periods.

282-A:2 Base Periods. –
I. "Base period" means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the individual's benefit year except as provided in RSA 282-A:2, II.
II. "Alternate base period" means for benefit years effective on or after April 1, 2001 for any individual who does not have sufficient wages in the base period as defined in paragraph I to qualify for benefits pursuant to RSA 282-A:25, the individual's base period shall be the last 4 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year if such period qualifies the individual for benefits under RSA 282-A:25. The commissioner shall establish rules for obtaining wage information if wage information for the most recent quarter of the alternate base period is not available to the department from regular quarterly reports of wage information that is systematically accessible.
(a) Wages that fall within the base period of claims established under this paragraph are not available for reuse in qualifying for any subsequent benefit years.
(b) In the case of a combined-wage claim pursuant to the arrangement approved by the United States Secretary of Labor, the base period is that base period applicable under the unemployment compensation law of the paying state.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 261:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(A). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 1998, 87:1, eff. April 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:3 - Benefits.

282-A:3 Benefits. –
"Benefits" means the money payable to an individual as compensation for his wage losses due to unemployment as provided in this chapter.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(B). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:3-a - Supplemental Unemployment Plan.

282-A:3-a Supplemental Unemployment Plan. –
For the purposes of this chapter "supplemental unemployment plan" shall mean a plan, system, trust or contract by the terms of which an individual will receive from the employer, trustees of the plan or trust, union or other agency, payments supplemental to unemployment compensation or based on or to be paid in conjunction with unemployment compensation, which are available to the employees generally but not available in advance, in a lump sum or for loan, to be paid only during periods of unemployment except payments for vacations, bonuses, profit sharing plans and severance pay or separation pay.
Source.
1983, 457:5, eff. Aug. 25, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:4 - Benefit Year.

282-A:4 Benefit Year. –
"Benefit year" with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the week in which an individual files an initial claim for benefits and meets the earnings requirements of RSA 282-A:25; except that the benefit year shall be 53 weeks if the filing of a new initial claim would result in the use of a quarter of wages in the new base period that had previously been included in a prior base period.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(C). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 1998, 87:2, eff. April 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:5 - Calendar Quarter.

282-A:5 Calendar Quarter. –
"Calendar quarter" means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the commissioner of the department of employment security may prescribe in a rule.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1, 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(D). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:6 - Contributions.

282-A:6 Contributions. –
"Contributions" means the money payments due from an employer to the state required by this chapter.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(E). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-6. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:7 - Employing Unit.

282-A:7 Employing Unit. –
I. "Employing unit" means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, joint venture, trust, estate, joint-stock company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, or this state or any political subdivision or any instrumentality thereof, which has, or subsequent to January 1, 1935, had, in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state.
II. All individuals performing services within this state for any employing unit which maintains 2 or more separate establishments within this state shall be deemed to be employed by a single employing unit for all purposes of this chapter. Whenever any employing unit contracts with or has under it any contractor or subcontractor for any work which is part of its usual trade, occupation, profession or business, individuals in the employ of such contractors or subcontractors shall be considered to be in the employ of the employing unit unless it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the department of employment security that such contracting is not for the purpose of avoiding the application of this chapter. Each individual employed to perform or to assist in performing the work of any agent or employee of an employing unit shall be deemed to be employed by such employing unit for all the purposes of this chapter, whether such individual was hired or paid directly by such employing unit or by such agent or employee, provided the employing unit had actual or constructive knowledge of the work.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(F). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:8 - Employer.

282-A:8 Employer. –
"Employer" means
I. Any employing unit which:
(a) For some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks in either the current or preceding calendar year, whether or not such weeks are or were consecutive, has or had in employment within a calendar year one or more individuals, irrespective of whether the same individual was in employment in each such day; or
(b) In any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year caused gross wages for services in employment to be paid or payable in the amount of $1,500 or more;
II. Any other employing unit subject for either the current or preceding calendar year to the tax levied by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act as amended;
III. Any employing unit (whether or not an employing unit at the time of acquisition) which acquired the organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets of another employing unit which at the time of such acquisition was an employer subject to this chapter;
IV. Any employing unit (whether or not an employing unit at the time of acquisition) which acquired the organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets of another employing unit (not an employer subject to this chapter) and which, if treated as a single employing unit with such acquired employing unit subsequent to such acquisition, would be an employer under paragraph I;
V. Any employing unit which, having become an employer under paragraph I, II, III, or IV, has not, under RSA 282-A:99-102, ceased to be an employer subject to this chapter;
VI. For the effective period of its election pursuant to RSA 282-A:102, any other employing unit which has elected to become fully subject to this chapter; or
VII. Any employing unit which fails for whatever reason to keep records which would support a claim with respect to any individual under RSA 282-A:9, III, or to keep the records of employment required by this chapter and by the rules of the commissioner shall be deemed to be an employer liable for the payment of contributions pursuant to the provisions of this chapter regardless of the number of individuals employed by such employing unit.
VIII. An Indian tribe as defined by 26 U.S.C. section 3306(u) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act for which services in employment are performed within this state unless such services are otherwise excluded from employment under 26 U.S.C. section 3306 (c) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act or under RSA 282-A:9. Indian tribes shall also include wholly owned subdivisions, subsidiaries, or business enterprises of Indian tribes.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(G). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 2003, 116:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:10 - Employment Office.

282-A:10 Employment Office. –
"Employment office" means a free public employment office or branch thereof operated by the New Hampshire department of employment security.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:5. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(I). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:11 - Fund.

282-A:11 Fund. –
"Fund" means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter, to which all contributions required and from which all benefits provided under this chapter shall be paid.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(J). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:12 - Most Recent Employer.

282-A:12 Most Recent Employer. –
"Most recent employer" means the last non-reimbursing employer prior to the effective date of the initial claim with whom an individual's work record exceeded 12 consecutive weeks of employment while such individual received no benefits under RSA 282-A provided that the employer provided employment, or from which wages in employment were paid or are payable, between the beginning of the base period, whether primary or alternate, and the benefit year ending of the claim year.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(K). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:13. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3. 1983, 300:1. 1999, 206:1. 2006, 130:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2012, 212:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:13 - State.

282-A:13 State. –
"State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the territory Puerto Rico, the territory the Virgin Islands, and the country Canada.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(L). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1977, 441:5. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:16 - Annual Earnings.

282-A:16 Annual Earnings. –
"Annual earnings" shall be the wages, to the nearest dollar, earned during each base period from an employer by an individual in employment in New Hampshire and an amount equivalent to the average weekly wage, as determined under the New Hampshire workers' compensation statute, for each week that an individual has been found by either the labor commissioner or a court to be entitled to receive workers' compensation based on a claim involving such employer; no portion of any lump sum payment pursuant to RSA 281-A:37 shall constitute annual earnings. For any week which commences during the period between 2 successive sports seasons (or similar periods), no annual earnings shall be available for purposes of RSA 282-A:25 to any individual which are based on any services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, if such individual performed such services in the first of such seasons (or similar periods) and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such seasons (or similar periods).
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(O). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1977, 441:7. 1979, 328:8, 17. 1981, 311:1; 408:3. 1987, 243:2. 1989, 267:3, eff. July 25, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:17 - Week.

282-A:17 Week. –
"Week" means such period of 7 consecutive calendar days as the commissioner of employment security may prescribe by rule.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(P). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:18 - Weekly Benefit Amount.

282-A:18 Weekly Benefit Amount. –
"Weekly benefit amount" means the amount of benefits an individual would be entitled to receive for one week of total unemployment.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(Q). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:19 - Agricultural Labor.

282-A:19 Agricultural Labor. –
"Agricultural labor" includes all services performed:
I. On a farm, in the employ of any employing unit, in connection with cultivating the soil or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and furbearing animals and wildlife.
II. In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm.
III. In connection with the production or harvesting of syrup or maple sugar or any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in section 15(g) of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended; or in connection with the raising or harvesting of mushrooms; or in connection with the hatching of poultry; or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes.
IV. In handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if such service is performed as an incident to ordinary farming operations or, in the case of fruits and vegetables, as an incident to the preparation of such fruits or vegetables for market. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption.
As used in this section, "farm" means stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animal, and truck farms; plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities; and orchards.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(R). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:20 - Employment.

282-A:20 Employment. –
The term "employment" shall include the service of an individual who is a citizen of the United States, performed outside the United States, except in Canada, after December 31, 1971, in the employ of an American employer, if:
I. The employer's principal place of business in the United States is located in this state;
II. The employer has no place of business in the United States, but
(a) The employer is an individual who is a resident of this state;
(b) The employer is a corporation which is organized under the laws of this state; or
(c) The employer is a partnership or a trust and the number of the partners or trustees who are residents of this state is greater than the number who are residents of any one other state.
III. None of the criteria of paragraphs I and II is met, but the employer has elected coverage in this state or, the employer having failed to elect coverage in any state, the individual has filed a claim for benefits, based on such service, under the law of this state.
IV. An "American employer", for purposes of this section, means a person who is:
(a) An individual who is a resident of the United States; or
(b) A partnership if
2/3 or more of the partners are residents of the United States; or
(c) A trust, if all of the trustees are residents of the United States; or
(d) A corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(S). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1979, 328:3. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:22 - Not Wages.

282-A:22 Not Wages. –
The receipt of a gift or gratuity in an amount of $25 or less by any otherwise unemployed individual shall not be considered wages or remuneration for any purpose under this chapter unless paid pursuant to any contract, agreement or stipulation related to past or future employment.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(U). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:23 - De Novo.

282-A:23 De Novo. –
"De Novo" means anew; afresh; a new trial on all issues and a full hearing on the merits in no way restricted by what occurred before.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:1-7. 1941, 103:1-11. RL 218:1. 1943, 56:1. 1945, 16:1; 58:1; 138:1-7. 1947, 59:1-6. 1949, 185:1-4; 262:1. 1950, 5, part 18. 1951, 34:1; 36:1; 105; 140:1, 2. 1953, 209:1. RSA 282:1(V). 1955, 141:1-6. 1957, 118:1; 313:1-3. 1961, 88:1-6. 1963, 194:1, 2. 1967, 400:2, 3. 1969, 460:1, 3. 1971, 156:1, 2, 4-16. 1973, 118:1; 589:7. 1975, 90:1; 393:1. 1977, 441:15. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:24 - Payment of Benefits.

282-A:24 Payment of Benefits. –
On January 1, 1938, benefits shall become payable from the fund; provided that wages earned for service, defined in RSA 282-A:9, IV(j), irrespective of when performed, shall not be included for the purposes of determining eligibility for any benefit year commencing on or after July 1, 1939; nor shall any benefits with respect to unemployment occurring on or after July 1, 1939, be payable under any section on the basis of such wages. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices in accordance with such rules as the commissioner of the department of employment security may adopt.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:8. 1941, 103:12-15. RL 218:2. 1943, 56:5. 1945, 78:1. 1947, 59:7. 1949, 30:1. 1951, 34:2; 140:4-6. 1953, 65:1, 2; 261:2. RSA 282:2(A). 1955, 7:1; 141:7. 1957, 118:2, 3. 1959, 28:1. 1961, 88:7, 8; 228:1. 1963, 194:3, 4. 1965, 208:1. 1967, 400:4. 1969, 460:4. 1971, 156:17, 18. 1973, 589:1, 2. 1975, 393:2. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:25 - Weekly Benefit Amount for Total Unemployment and Maximum Total Amount of Benefits Payable During any Benefit Year.

282-A:25 Weekly Benefit Amount for Total Unemployment and Maximum Total Amount of Benefits Payable During any Benefit Year. –
I. The maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:
Annual Earnings of
Maximum Weekly
Maximum
Not Less Than
Benefit Amount
Benefits
$ 2,800
$ 32
$ 832
3,100
35
910
3,400
39
1,014
3,900
45
1,170
4,200
48
1,248
4,500
52
1,352
4,800
55
1,430
5,100
59
1,534
5,600
64
1,664
6,100
69
1,794
6,600
75
1,950
7,000
80
2,080
7,400
83
2,158
7,800
88
2,288
8,200
92
2,392
8,600
96
2,496
9,000
101
2,626
9,500
105
2,730
10,000
110
2,860
10,500
115
2,990
11,000
120
3,120
11,500
126
3,276
12,500
137
3,562
13,500
148
3,848
14,500
159
4,134
15,500
167
4,342
16,500
178
4,628
17,500
188
4,888
18,500
199
5,174
19,500
206
5,356
20,500
217
5,642
21,500
227
5,902
22,500
238
6,188
23,500
249
6,474
24,500
254
6,604
25,500
265
6,890
26,500
275
7,150
27,500
286
7,436
28,500
290
7,540
29,500
301
7,826
30,500
311
8,086
31,500
321
8,346
32,500
331
8,606
33,500
342
8,892
34,500
352
9,152
35,500
362
9,412
36,500
372
9,672
37,500
383
9,958
38,500
394
10,244
39,500
405
10,530
40,500
416
10,816
41,500
427
11,102
II, III. [Repealed.]
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:8. 1941, 103:12-15. RL 218:2. 1943, 56:5. 1945, 78:1. 1947, 59:7. 1949, 30:1. 1951, 34:2; 140:4-6. 1953, 65:1, 2; 261:2. RSA 282:2(B). 1955, 7:1; 141:7. 1957, 118:2, 3. 1959, 28:1. 1961, 88:7, 8; 228:1. 1963, 194:3, 4. 1965, 208:1. 1967, 400:4. 1969, 460:4. 1971, 156:17, 18. 1973, 589:1, 2. 1975, 393:2. 1977, 441:16. 1979, 348:4. 1981, 408:3; 416:4. 1983, 324:1. 1985, 340:3. 1987, 243:4. 1989, 267:4, 5. 1991, 311:3, 4, 14. 1993, 201:1, 2. 1995, 249:2, 3. 1996, 49:4; 50:1. 1998, 117:1, 2. 2001, 133:1, 2. 2002, 77:1, 2. 2006, 308:1, eff. July. 1, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:26 - Weekly Benefit for Partial Unemployment.

282-A:26 Weekly Benefit for Partial Unemployment. –
Each eligible individual who is partially unemployed in any week shall be paid a partial benefit with respect to such week. Such partial benefit shall be an amount calculated to the nearest dollar which, if added to his wages, as used in RSA 282-A:14, III, for such week, would equal his weekly benefit amount. Such partial benefit shall not be reduced because an individual received payments from a supplemental unemployment plan as defined in RSA 282-A:3-a. An individual who receives such supplemental unemployment payments who received no wages as defined in RSA 282-A:14, III shall be deemed not to be partially unemployed but to be totally unemployed.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:8. 1941, 103:12-15. RL 218:2. 1943, 56:5. 1945, 78:1. 1947, 59:7. 1949, 30:1. 1951, 34:2; 140:4, 5, 6. 1953, 65:1, 2; 261:2. RSA 282:2(C). 1955, 7:1; 141:7. 1957, 118:2, 3. 1959, 28:1. 1961, 88:7, 8; 228:1. 1963, 194:3, 4. 1965, 208:1. 1967, 400:4. 1969, 460:4. 1971, 156:17, 18. 1973, 589:1, 2. 1975, 393:2. 1981, 408:3. 1983, 457:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:26-a - Return to Work Program Participants; Workers' Compensation Eligibility.

282-A:26-a Return to Work Program Participants;  Workers' Compensation Eligibility. –
I. A participant in the department of employment security's return to work program shall be entitled to certain benefits under RSA 281-A. In the event that it is determined that a return to work program participant has been subject to an injury or occupational disease producing a disability arising out of and in the course of participation in the return to work program, the department of employment security shall not provide compensation pursuant to RSA 281-A:28, 281-A:28-a, 281-A:31, and 281-A:31-a. However, a participant, who has been deemed eligible for unemployment compensation shall receive such benefits while otherwise eligible under RSA 282-A, or compensation equivalent to 90 percent of his or her weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount if the disability causes the participant to become ineligible for benefits under RSA 282-A.
II. When determining the amount of compensation provided pursuant to RSA 281-A:32 for a scheduled permanent impairment award, the amount of compensation shall be calculated by using the minimum wage at the time of injury multiplied by the average number of hours in training per week.
III. For a participant in the return to work program, RSA 281-A:8, I and II shall not apply and the following provisions shall apply:
(a) A participant in the return to work program shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the provisions of this chapter and, on behalf of the participant or the participant's personal or legal representatives, to have waived all rights of action whether at common law or by statute or provided under the laws of any other state or otherwise:
(1) Against the employer/training partner, or the employer/training partner's insurance carrier, or an association or group providing self-insurance to a number of employers, or the department and the return to work program; and
(2) Except for intentional torts, against any officer, director, agent, servant, or employee acting on behalf of the entities named in subparagraph (a)(1).
(b) The spouse of a return to work program participant entitled to benefits under this chapter, or any other person who might otherwise be entitled to recover damages on account of the participant's personal injury or death, shall have no direct action, either at common law or by statute or otherwise, to recover for such damages against any person identified in this paragraph.
IV. The department of employment security may provide this benefit by appropriate means including purchasing and serving as the master policyholder for any insurance, by self-insurance, or by administrative services contract.
V. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other provisions of RSA 281-A shall apply.
Source.
2010, 145:3, eff. June 14, 2010. 2011, 82:2, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:28 - Retirement Pay.

282-A:28 Retirement Pay. –
I. The maximum weekly benefit amount of any individual who is receiving retirement pay, which means in this section a government or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or any similar periodic payment based on previous work, shall be reduced by an amount equal to such retirement pay or other payment which the commissioner finds can be reasonably said to apply to such week. In the case of such a payment, not made under the Social Security Act or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, if the base period employer or chargeable employer under RSA 282-A:74 does not contribute to the fund from which such payments are made, this paragraph shall not apply.
II. If the employee contributed 50 percent or more to retirement pay as described in paragraph I, no portion of said payments shall be deducted from the individual's maximum weekly benefit amount. For purposes of this section, the employee's contribution shall be rounded up to the nearest percent.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:8. 1941, 103:12-15. RL 218:2. 1943, 56:5. 1945, 78:1. 1947, 59:7. 1949, 30:1. 1951, 34:2; 140:4-6. 1953, 65:1, 2; 261:2. RSA 282:2(E). 1955, 7:1; 141:7. 1957, 118:2, 3. 1959, 28:1. 1961, 88:7, 8; 228:1. 1963, 194:3, 4. 1965, 208:1. 1967, 400:4. 1969, 460:4. 1971, 156:17, 18. 1973, 589:1, 2. 1975, 393:2. 1977, 441:8. 1981, 408:3. 1983, 368:1; 457:4, 7. 1987, 243:3, eff. July 17, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:29 - Adjustment of Overpaid Benefit Account by Compromise.

282-A:29 Adjustment of Overpaid Benefit Account by Compromise. –
I. The commissioner may, with the approval of the attorney general, effect by written stipulation such settlement of any overpaid benefit account due under the provisions of this chapter as he or she may deem to be for the best interests of the state; and the payment of the sum so agreed upon shall be a full satisfaction of such overpaid benefit account.
II. Payment by a debtor of interest, penalties, fees, and legal costs due under the provisions of this chapter totaling $50 or less may be waived by the commissioner of the department of employment security as he or she may deem to be for the best interests of the state.
Source.
1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:8. 1941, 103:12-15. RL 218:2. 1943, 56:5. 1945, 78:1. 1947, 59:7. 1949, 30:1. 1951, 34:2; 140:4-6. 1953, 65:1, 2; 261:2. RSA 282:2(G). 1955, 7:1; 141:7. 1957, 118:2, 3. 1959, 28:1. 1961, 88:7, 8; 228:1. 1963, 194:3, 4. 1965, 208:1. 1967, 400:4. 1969, 460:4. 1971, 156:17, 18. 1973, 589:1, 2. 1975, 393:2. 1981, 408:3. 2003, 116:17, eff. Aug. 8, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:31-a - Definitions.

282-A:31-a Definitions. –
In this subdivision:
I. "Affected unit" means a specified plant, department, shift, or other definable unit consisting of no fewer than 2 employees to which an approved worksharing plan applies.
II. "Employee" means any individual employed full-time or on a permanent part-time basis by any employer subject to this chapter and in employment subject thereto.
III. "Fringe benefits" include, but are not limited to, health insurance, retirement benefits, paid vacation and holidays, sick leave, and similar advantages which are incidents of employment.
IV. "Normal weekly hours of work" mean the normal number of hours of work each week for an employee in an affected unit when that unit is operating on a full-time basis, not to exceed 40 hours and not including overtime.
V. "Unemployment benefits" or "regular benefits" mean benefits payable under RSA 282-A:3 other than worksharing benefits and includes any amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.
VI. "Worksharing benefits" mean the benefits payable to employees in an affected unit under an approved worksharing plan.
VII. "Worksharing employer" means an employer with an approved worksharing plan in effect.
VIII. "Worksharing plan" means a plan of an employer under which there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by the employees in an affected unit, and the affected employees share the work remaining after the normal weekly hours of work are reduced.
Source.
2010, 28:1, eff. May 11, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Labor › Chapter 282-A - Unemployment Compensation › Section 282-A:31-c - Eligibility.

282-A:31-c Eligibility. –
I. An individual shall be eligible to receive worksharing benefits, subsequent to serving a waiting period as prescribed by the commissioner, with respect to any week only if, in addition to meeting the other conditions of eligibility for regular benefits under this chapter which are not inconsistent with this section, the commissioner finds that:
(a) The individual is employed as a member of an affected unit under an approved worksharing plan that is in effect; and
(b) The individual is able to work and is available for the normal weekly hours of work with the worksharing employer.
II. No otherwise eligible affected individual shall be denied worksharing benefits for any week by reason of the application of provisions relating to availability for work, active search for work, or applying for or accepting suitable work with other than the worksharing employer.
III. An individual shall be eligible to receive worksharing benefits in any week for which remuneration is payable to him or her as an employee in an affected unit for less than the employee's normal weekly hours of work as specified under the approved worksharing plan in effect for that week.
IV. An individual who is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits by reason of the application of RSA 282-A:28, I shall not be eligible to receive worksharing benefits.
V. Eligible employees may participate, as appropriate, in training (including employer-sponsored training or worker training funded under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014) to enhance job skills if such program has been approved by the commissioner.
Source.
2010, 28:1, eff. May 11, 2010. 2013, 210:2, eff. Sept. 8, 2013. 2016, 249:1, eff. June 10, 2016.