Title XXIII, Labor

It shall be unlawful for any state or local authority who reviews building plans prior to their approval for construction or for any building inspector to knowingly and willingly approve the construction or opening of any building or facility which is not in compliance with the c…

Notwithstanding RSA Title LXII, failure to comply with any provision of this subdivision or any rule or regulation issued thereunder shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

If any provision of this subdivision or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid the remainder of this subdivision or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be…

In this chapter: I. "Telecommunications equipment assistance" means a teletypewriter or other telecommunications equipment used by a qualified person to conduct telephone communications. II. "Telecommunications relay service" means a service transmitting messages and information …

Whoever violates any provision of RSA 275:1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

A person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in the place of employees involved in a strike, lock-out, or labor dispute shall not take or offer to take the place in employment of employees involved in a strike, lock-out, or labor dispute.

There is hereby established the governor's commission on disability which shall consist of up to 30 members appointed by the governor. Commission members shall consist of persons with a disability, family members or parents or guardians of persons with a disability, persons from …

If any provision of this chapter or any application of such provision to any particular person or circumstance is held to be invalid by any court of law, the remainder of this chapter and any remaining application of its provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a private employer may establish a veterans' preference employment policy. Such policy: I. Shall be in writing. II. Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring and promotion.

I. No employer shall harass, abuse, intimidate, discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against any employee regarding compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because: (a) The employee, in good faith, reports or causes to be reported, verball…

In this chapter: I. "Affected employees" means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their employer. II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor acting through the powers and pe…

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms have meanings given: I. "Displaced homemaker" means a person who (a) worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members; (b) is not gainfully employed; (c) has difficulty…

The commission shall administer the telecommunications equipment assistance program and shall implement the program by contract with one or more entities.

The commission shall: I. Establish: (a) A program that will enable qualified persons in New Hampshire to access telephone service through the use of telecommunications equipment assistance. (b) Eligibility criteria, which shall include ability to pay. The telecommunications equip…

The commission may cooperate with any local, state, or federal agency or any private organization necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.

The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Eligibility criteria. II. Procedures for the verification of an applicant's impairment and eligibility. III. Limits on equipment availability. IV. The proper administration of this subdivision.

The telecommunications equipment assistance program shall be funded in an amount not to exceed $96,000 annually from the telecommunications relay service trust fund established by the public utilities commission.

The governor's commission on disability shall file a report which shall include the number of persons assisted, all sources of funding, and the total amount disbursed under this subdivision. Such report shall be submitted annually to the governor and council, the senate president…

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.

Whoever violates RSA 275:28 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

A private employer may require that a veteran submit any qualifying document under RSA 21:50 in order to be eligible to receive the preference under RSA 275-G:2.

An employer shall not hire for work in a plant currently involved in a strike, lock-out, or labor dispute an employee who, to the employer's knowledge, is unaware of the existence of the strike, lock-out, or labor dispute. An employment agency shall not refer persons to employmen…

The following, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio members without a vote on the commission: (1) the commissioner of health and human services, (2) the administrator of the bureau of vocational rehabilitation, department of education, (3) the supervisor of blind service…

I. No employer shall order a mass layoff or plant closing unless 60 days before the order takes effect the employer gives written notice of the order to: (a) Affected employees and representatives of affected employees; (b) The commissioner, who shall notify additional government…

It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in RSA 275:4, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment.

I. In order to enable the displaced homemaker to contribute to society and maintain independence and economic security, the commissioner shall establish 2 pilot multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers, one in the metropolitan area in the southern tier of the state, …

No employer shall discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against any employee regarding such employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee has refused to execute a directive which in fact violates any law or rule ado…

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 wor…

The provisions of RSA 275:33 shall not apply to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages and homes for the aged.

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.

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.

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 equi…

"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 em…

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…

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, R…

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…

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 shal…

No person shall be subjected to discrimination in employment because he or she wears a protective hairstyle. In this section, "protective hairstyles" means hairstyles or hair type, including braids, locs, tight coils or curls, corn rows, Bantu knots, Afros, twists, and head wraps…

No employer with 20 employees or more, shall deny an employee leave from work up to a total of 25 hours to attend the employee's own medical appointments for childbirth, postpartum care, or the employee's child's pediatric medical appointments within the first year of the child's…

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.

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, inc…

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 j…