Title XXIII, Labor

A person shall not act as a picket for compensation in connection with any strike, lock-out, or labor dispute in any trade or industry unless he is normally and customarily employed in such trade or industry.

I. Any employee who alleges a violation of rights under RSA 275-E:2 or 3, and who has first made a reasonable effort to maintain or restore such employee's rights through any grievance procedure or similar process available at such employee's place of employment, may obtain a hea…

No employer may employ any employee without obtaining documentation showing the employee's eligibility to work in the United States. The employer shall maintain such documentation for the period required by federal law. Acceptable documentation of eligibility to work in the Unite…

I. Any person whose social security number has been used by another for identification purposes shall have a civil cause of action against: (a) The person who misused the number with fraudulent intent. (b) Any individual who knowingly supplied or aided in obtaining false social s…

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.

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 …

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 certif…

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…

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 employ…

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 thi…

I. No employer shall discharge or take any other disciplinary action against any employee by reason of failure of such employee to report for work at the commencement of such employee's regular working hours where the failure is due to the employee's responding, in his or her cap…

Whenever used in this subdivision: I. The term "employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, e…

I. Every employer shall pay all wages due to employees within 8 days after the expiration of the work week if the employee is paid on a weekly basis, or within 15 days after the expiration of the work week if the employee is paid on a biweekly basis, except when permitted to 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 appl…

I. A salaried employee shall receive full salary for any pay period in which such employee performs any work without regard to the number of days or hours worked; provided, however, a salaried employee may not be paid a full salary in each of the following instances: (a) Any pay …

Each small employer, as that term is defined in RSA 420-G:2, XVI, which employs 2 or more employees in the state of New Hampshire and which does not offer employer-sponsored health insurance to all of its employees, may establish and maintain a health coverage premium only cafete…

I. Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full within 72 hours. II. Whenever an employee quits or resigns, the employer shall pay the employee's wages no later than the next regular payday, as provided under RSA 275:43, either …

I. In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by this subdivision, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies he might otherwise be entitled to, including those…

Whenever any person shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the contracting person has undertaken to perform on a common site or location, he shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in the performance of work under such contract for the payment …

I. In the event of the death of an employee, wages due to the decedent by an employer not in excess of $3,000 may upon proper demand be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration, with …

I. No employer may withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages unless: (a) The employer is required or empowered to do so by state or federal law, including payroll taxes. (b) The employer has a written authorization by the employee for deductions for a lawful purpose a…

A trust created by an employer as part of a stock bonus, pension, disability, death benefit or profit-sharing plan for the exclusive benefit of some or all of his employees, to which contributions are made by the employer or employees, or both, for the purpose of distributing to …

Every employer shall: I. Notify the employees, at the time of hiring of the rate of pay, and of the day and place of payment; II. Notify his or her employees of any changes in the arrangements specified above prior to the time of such changes, provided however that there shall be…

I. The labor commissioner, in consultation with the department of business and economic affairs and the office of workforce opportunity, shall create and distribute to employers a veterans' benefits and services notice or poster. Employers shall display the notice or poster in a …

The director of each center shall report to the commissioner as prescribed by rule, and shall evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service to displaced homemakers, including the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in employment, follow…

The commission shall organize itself in conformity with its responsibilities under this chapter and shall establish committees to address issues which affect persons with a disability. The members of such committees shall be designated by the chairman, with the approval of a majo…

Any person, partnership, agency, firm, or corporation violating any provision of RSA 275-A shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each day of noncompliance, to be imposed by the labor commissioner in accordance with the procedures established in RSA 273:11-a. Any…

A layoff of more than 6 months which, at its outset, was announced to be a layoff of 6 months or less shall be treated as an employment loss under this chapter unless: I. The extension beyond 6 months is caused by business circumstances, including unforeseeable changes in price o…

Any employer who violates the provisions of RSA 275:3 or RSA 275:4 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. It shall be the duty of the labor commissioner to enforce the provisions hereof.

This chapter shall not be construed to diminish or impair either the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement or any common law rights.

I. Except as provided in RSA 275:53, no provision of this subdivision may in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement. II. Except as provided in RSA 279, an employer and employee may not enter into any agreement, whether written, oral or other, that work may be pe…

I. The commissioner shall enforce and administer the provisions of this subdivision and the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives are empowered, on his or her own motion or on an employee complaint, to hold hearings and otherwise to investigate charges of …

Any employer who wilfully violates any provision of RSA 275:43 or 44, or who wilfully fails to comply with any other requirement of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

In addition to any other penalty or punishment otherwise provided for by law, any person or employer, who is a party to a health and welfare fund trust agreement, a pension fund trust agreement, or any other such agreement, whereby he agrees to pay or provide the contributions re…

I. Action by an employee to recover unpaid wages and/or liquidated damages may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or themselves, or such employee or employees may designate an agent or representative to m…

A special fund is hereby established in the state treasury for the purpose of receiving and distributing wages in accordance with RSA 275:53, II. The commissioner shall administer the fund. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund, and all moneys in the fund shall b…

The commissioner is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as he determines necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subdivision.

If any provision of this subdivision, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the subdivision, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

I. Except as provided in paragraph III, every employer shall provide a reasonable opportunity for any employee who so requests to inspect such employee's personnel file and further, upon request, provide such employee with a copy of all or part of such file. An employer may only …

I. An employee who incurs expenses in connection with his or her employment and at the request of the employer, except those expenses normally borne by the employee as a precondition of employment, which are not paid for by wages, cash advance, or other means from the employer, s…

In this subdivision, "sharp" means any object used or encountered by a health care worker that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body and result in an exposure incident, including but not limited to, needles, scalpels, lancets, broken gl…

In determining whether a plant closing or mass layoff has occurred or will occur, employment losses for 2 or more groups at a single site of employment, each of which is less than the minimum number of employees specified in RSA 275-F:2, VI or RSA 275-F:2, VIII but which in the a…

The commission shall have the following duties and powers: I. To advise the governor, appropriate state agencies, and the public on matters pertaining to public policy and the administration of programs, services and facilities for persons with a disability in New Hampshire; II. …

Staff of the service centers shall assist the displaced homemakers in finding permanent employment. To this end, the commissioner and the service centers staffs shall work with the department of employment security and any other agency to secure employment for displaced homemaker…

This chapter shall not be construed to require an employer to compensate an employee for participation in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by a governmental entity.

The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health and human services, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to protect health care workers in the public sector from occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. These rules shall not…