Title XXIII, Labor

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 provi…

I. (a)(1) An employer subject to this chapter who fails to comply with the provisions of RSA 281-A:5 by not securing payment of compensation may be assessed a civil penalty of up to $2,500; in addition, such an employer may be assessed a civil penalty of up to $100 per employee f…

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.

I. An employee of an employer subject to this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the provisions of this chapter and, on behalf of the employee or the employee's personal or legal representatives, to have waived all rights of action whether at common law or by…

In all instances in which an insurance carrier is to cease providing workers' compensation insurance to an employer, whether by reason of cancellation or otherwise, such insurance carrier shall file a written termination notice with the commissioner and shall send a copy of the n…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a group purchasing mechanism whereby individuals who work for employers with more than 50 employees who do not to offer either family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) coverage under the granite state paid family leave plan as authoriz…

Any word or phrase defined in this subdivision shall have the same meaning throughout RSA 282-A unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

No provision of this chapter shall require employers with fewer than 50 employees to offer family medical leave or process payroll deductions on behalf employees choosing to participate in the program as individuals.

"Employment office" means a free public employment office or branch thereof operated by the New Hampshire department of employment security.

The commissioner may terminate an employer and permanently remove his separate account as of the time an employer has died, ceased business or removed from the state.

Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, where the commissioner, after such investigation as he deems necessary, finds that an employer during the then last completed calendar year did not satisfy the conditions of becoming an employer as set forth in this chapter, he sh…

I. An employing unit not otherwise subject to this chapter which files with the commissioner of the department of employment security its written election to become an employer subject hereto for not less than 2 calendar years shall, with the written approval of such election by …

There is hereby created the unemployment compensation fund to be administered by the commissioner of the department of employment security, subject to audit by the commissioner of administrative services without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and …

I. The commissioner shall designate a permanent full-time classified employee of the department to be treasurer of the fund. Such designated employee shall also be the custodian of the fund. The treasurer shall administer such fund solely in accordance with the directions of the …

The commissioner shall from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to this state's account therein, as he deems necessary solely for the payment of benefits for a reasonable future period. Upon receipt thereof, t…

I. The provisions of RSA 282-A:103 through 105, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America continues…

There shall be a department of employment security which shall include an unemployment compensation bureau, an employment service bureau, and an economic and labor market information bureau.

I. There shall be a commissioner of the department of employment security who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. II. The commissioner shall hold office for 5 years from the date of appointment. Otherwise the commissioner may be removed …

I. The commissioner of employment security shall nominate for appointment by the governor, with the consent of council, a deputy commissioner of the department of employment security, who shall serve for a term of 4 years and shall be qualified to hold that position by reason of …

"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.

Subject to compliance with laws and regulations approved by the United States department of labor, the actual expenses incurred by the commissioner of the department of employment security in the work of his office shall be paid.

The commissioner and the deputy commissioner shall each give a bond in the amount of $150,000 conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties under this chapter. Premiums for such bonds shall be paid from the unemployment compensation and employment service administration…

I. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the department of employment security to administer this chapter. The commissioner shall have power and authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules, to employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such inve…

I. There shall be in the department of employment security 3 coordinate bureaus, the employment service bureau, the unemployment compensation bureau, and an economic and labor market information bureau, each of which shall be administered by a full-time salaried administrator who…

The commissioner of the department of employment security shall cause to be printed in proper form for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, his rules, his annual reports to the governor and any other material he deems relevant and suitable and shall furnish the sa…

I. The commissioner of the department of employment security is authorized to employ all the necessary officers, accountants, clerks, agents, investigators, auditors and other persons necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and, under a classification plan, to fix…

The commissioner of the department of employment security shall investigate and report upon the degree of unemployment hazard in various industries and occupations and their cost to the unemployment fund. He shall recommend to employers in industries or occupations showing an exc…

Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records for such periods of time and containing such information as the commissioner may by rules prescribe. Such records shall be open to inspection and subject to be copied or reproduced by the commissioner, or his authorize…

I. The commissioner shall, pursuant to an agreement with the department of health and human services which shall include payment of costs of administration, maintain a state directory of new hires. Any employing unit shall report to the department for entry into the directory: (a…

The commissioner shall produce a monthly, written report, which shall also be published on the department's public Internet site, detailing the state's workforce needs projections, by industry, job type, geography, and needed credential. The report shall include comparisons of pr…

The adjutant general in cooperation with the commissioners of the departments of labor and employment security shall annually review and submit a report detailing all apprentice, training, and other vocational programs in this state focused on providing job training and placement…

The commissioner or his authorized representatives and the chairman of any appeal tribunal may require from any employing unit any sworn or unsworn reports or statements, with respect to persons employed by it, which either deems necessary for the effective administration of this…

The commissioner may cause to be made such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications, or reproductions of any records, reports, or transcripts thereof, as he may deem advisable for the effective and economical preservation of the information contained therein. Such summa…

"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 …

The commissioner may by rules order the destruction, after reasonable periods, of any and all records, reports, transcripts or reproductions thereof, or other papers kept pursuant to the administration of the unemployment compensation law, which are not considered by him as neces…

Any employee of the department of employment security, member of an appeal tribunal, or any individual, corporation, association, partnership or other type of organization, who lawfully obtains or sees records, reports or information obtained in the administration of this chapter…

No action for slander or libel, either criminal or civil, shall be predicated upon information furnished by any employer or any employee to the commissioner in connection with the administration of any of the provisions of this chapter.

No records of any type in any form whether copies, compilations or reproductions pertaining to any individual or employing unit obtained in the course of or growing out of the administration of this chapter, or oral testimony relative thereto, as to either a specific person or in…

In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the commissioner of the department of employment security, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, and any duly authorized representative of either of them shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions,…

No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the commissioner of the department of employment security, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized representative of ei…

I. In the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or tr…

I. In the administration of this chapter, the commissioner of the department of employment security shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter, with the United States Department of Labor, and is authorized and directed to take such action…

There is hereby created within the unemployment compensation bureau an advisory council on unemployment compensation, hereinafter called the advisory council. The advisory council shall consist of 9 members to be appointed, with the exception of the legislative members, by the go…

The term of office of each nonlegislative member of the advisory council shall be 3 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The term of office of each legislative member shall be coterminous with the legislative term. In the event of a vacancy in the membership …

"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.

Each nonlegislative member of the advisory council shall be paid a fee of $40 per day for each day of actual attendance at called meetings of the advisory council and shall also be reimbursed for necessary travel and other necessary expenses. Legislative members shall receive mil…