Title VI, Public Officers and Employees

An individual working on a part-time basis shall not be eligible to utilize either sick or annual leave but at each anniversary of employment should the total working time during the preceding year amount to the equivalent of an amount of time specified in the applicable collecti…

A transferred employee shall for all purposes except compensation and supervision remain an employee of the transferor office.

Any individual employed in state service on a part-time basis whose employment calls for 30 hours or more work in a normal calendar week, and whose position is anticipated to have a duration of 6 months or more, shall be entitled to elect to receive such health and dental benefit…

Notwithstanding any agreement, law, or rule to the contrary, state employees involved in the care of persons in the state mental health system, the department of health and human services, the department of youth development services, the state prison, the secure psychiatric unit…

Full-time seasonal employees shall be considered permanent employees only for the purposes of the death benefit under RSA 21-I:29.

Any individual employed in state service in a temporary or seasonal position, as defined in this chapter, who has not been deemed permanent and whose employment calls for 30 hours or more work in a normal calendar week, but whose position is not anticipated to have a duration of …

Any employee assigned from the federal government under the terms of title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended, may be transferred between any office, department, commission, board or institution of th…

A receiving agency in this state, may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.

The director of personnel is hereby directed to explore means of implementing this chapter and to assist departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions in participating in employee interchange programs.

The state of New Hampshire shall grant a preference in hiring to veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses.

I. There is hereby established a state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee, the duties of which shall be to: (a) Review suggestions made by state employees under this chapter for possible reward or recognition. (b) Review extraordinary service by state…

It is the intent of this chapter to protect state officers, trustees, officials, employees, and members of the general court who are subject to claims and civil actions arising from acts committed within the scope of their official duty while in the course of their employment for…

It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this chapter to grant to employees assigned to the various highway patrol crews in the department of transportation certain privileges similar to those accorded their fellow workers in private industry.

It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this chapter to grant equal treatment to all employees assigned to snow removal, snow grooming or snow farming duties at state installations and institutions.

The department of administrative services shall develop and implement a compensation structure for the executive branch. It shall implement pay schedules within such structure as authorized by collective bargaining agreements between the state and an employee organization and sub…

Members of the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee, and members of any departmental award evaluation committee, shall not, unless otherwise required by virtue of another position held by the member, be subject to the financial reporting requireme…

Classified employees at the state prison and the New Hampshire hospital who are continuously exposed to inmates or forensic patients daily in the normal course of their duties shall be paid, in addition to their regular salary, hazardous duty pay in the amount of $25 per week unl…

Classified New Hampshire state troopers of the division of state police shall be paid in addition to their regular salary, a differential pay in the amount collectively bargained. Unrepresented state troopers shall receive differential pay authorized by the most closely aligned b…

I. The annual salaries of classified employees who are actively engaged in the care and treatment of patients or inmates at the New Hampshire hospital, Laconia developmental services, Glencliff home, New Hampshire veterans' home, and the youth development center, and the security…

I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all complaints filed with or investigations by a professional licensing board, committee, or regulatory agency against any state officer, trustee, official,…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the wages of any state employee or official may be assigned, attached, or executed upon to satisfy an order of the superior court to the same extent as private employers. The clerk of the court entering such order or the depar…

I. Each department, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, VI, shall establish a departmental award evaluation committee, the duty of which shall be to make recommendations for awards and recognition to the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee in accordance wi…

Employees whose job assignments include snow removal, snow grooming or snow farming at any state installation or institution shall, during the period from November 1 through March 31 each year, in addition to their regular compensation, be paid at the rate of time and one-half on…

In this chapter: I. "Active duty" means full-time duty under Title 10 of the United States Code as an enlisted member, or as a commissioned or warrant officer, in any branch of the armed forces of the United States. Active duty shall not include attendance at a school under milit…

In addition to the increase provided in RSA 99:1, further increase shall be made to the following classified employees: a.-d. [Repealed.] e.Other provisions of law notwithstanding, classified state employees who are totally disabled as a result of work-connected accidental injury…

Employees assigned to the various highway patrol crews in the department of transportation shall, during the period from November 1 through March 31 each year, in addition to their regular compensation, be paid at the rate of time and one-half on a minute basis for all time worke…

If any claim is made or any civil action is commenced against a present or former officer, trustee, official, or employee of the state or any agency thereof, including members of the New Hampshire national guard and any justice of the district, municipal, probate, superior, or su…

For the purposes of RSA 99-D:2, the term "official duty" shall, in the case of a legislator, mean any duty or action taken in committee or in sessions of the general court or in such other forum where the legislator appears at the request of the house, senate or presiding officer…

No classified employee shall receive any maintenance or payment in lieu thereof from the state, provided however that if quarters are available at any state institution or on any state property the department head thereof may assign to a classified employee such quarters, furnish…

Whenever the legislature enacts provisions regarding benefits for laid off state employees, the term "state employee" shall be construed to include state employees whose positions are partially or fully federally funded.

I. A veteran or disabled veteran may use the preference for a position for state employment at any time after discharge or release from service in the armed forces of the United States. II. A veteran or disabled veteran may claim the preference an unlimited number of times.

The state, or any department or agency thereof, shall self-insure against all such damages, losses, and expenses except to the extent that insurance coverage is obtained under the authority of RSA 9:27.

Overtime rates shall not be applicable to such employees during any state of emergency declared by the governor and council.

Overtime rates shall not be applicable to employees assigned to highway patrol crews in the department of transportation during any state of emergency declared by the governor and council.

State employees eligible for awards or recognition under this chapter shall be classified executive branch employees.

Employees in the several attendant classifications within state institutions who have successfully completed an in-service training program approved by the personnel commission shall receive a one-step grade increase to a new classification of psychiatric aide.

Employees working in the care and treatment programs at state institutions who are recognized as licensed practical nurses by the state of New Hampshire shall have their positions classified to that of licensed practical nurse.

Whereas the appropriations for personal services in state departments and institutions include an annual increment for each position, and whereas upon occasion due to vacancies and personnel turnover, pay, increment increases and longevity as provided by the appropriations are no…

I. At each stage of the application process, a public employer shall grant a preference to an otherwise qualified veteran or disabled veteran who successfully completes an initial application screening and an application examination, or a state employment test administered by the…

Any determination by the attorney general or governor and council pursuant to RSA 99-D:2 shall not be admissible as evidence in the trial of any such action or claim.

I. Any person wishing to submit a suggestion for consideration under the suggestion and extraordinary service award program, or wishing to nominate a state employee for a suggestion or extraordinary service award, shall do so by submitting a written submission or nomination to th…

In the event the director of personnel has approved beginning compensation at a step higher than the minimum step for original appointments of employees at an agency, the appointing authority for that agency may file a written request to the director of personnel that the pay of …

The amount of all pay increases granted to the legislative budget assistant, the director of legislative services, or to any employee of either or both offices shall be a charge against the pay adjustment fund.

Any regular classified employee of the state who has completed 10 years of continuous service for the state other than a law enforcement employee, shall be paid, in addition to the salary to which he or she is entitled by the classification plan, the sum of $350 annually and an a…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deprive any such person of his right to select and be represented by private counsel of his own choice at his own expense.

I. A departmental award evaluation committee shall recommend such monetary or non-monetary recognition as it, within its discretion, concludes is appropriate for original suggestions that the committee concludes may, if implemented, accomplish any of the following: (a) Improve go…