Title XXIII, Labor

All buildings and land connected therewith which are used by the department of employment security shall be in the custody of the commissioner of said department. He shall be responsible for the care, maintenance, alterations and repair connected with such buildings and land to t…

I. There shall be a general counsel and counsel in the department of employment security appointed by the commissioner. The general counsel and counsel shall be licensed to practice law in New Hampshire. The general counsel shall have been engaged in the practice of law for not l…

I. The attorney general, upon his own initiative or upon the request of the commissioner, may enforce the provisions of this chapter, or any rules adopted under this chapter, by any appropriate proceeding, criminal or civil, legal or equitable, in any court. II. All criminal acti…

I. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the unemployment compensation and employment service administration fund. All moneys which are deposited or paid into this fund shall be continuously available to the commissioner of the department of …

If any moneys received after June 30, 1941, from the social security administration or its successor, the United States Department of Labor, under Title III of the Social Security Act, or any unencumbered balances in the unemployment compensation administration fund as of that da…

I. (a) An individual shall be deemed "totally unemployed" in any week with respect to which no wages are payable to him and during which he performs no services. An individual who is not entitled to vacation pay from his employer shall be deemed to be in "total unemployment" duri…

I. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the contingent fund. All interest, fines, late-filing fees and penalties collected under the provisions of this chapter after May 11, 1949, shall be paid into this fund. The moneys in this fund may, so…

I. Money credited to the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America pursuant to section 903 of the Social Security Act may not be requisitioned from this state's account or used except for the payment of b…

Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable, as prescribed by the commissioner of the department of employment security in a rule, shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month or part thereof until payment plus accrued interest is received by th…

Commencing with reports due beginning with the third calendar quarter of 2001: I. If any employer subject to payment of contributions as provided in RSA 282-A:69, I, fails to file any required report on the date on which it is due, as prescribed by the commissioner of the departm…

If any employer required to pay contributions under this chapter neglects or refuses to pay contributions after demand, the amount, together with all penalties, fees, and interest and any costs that may accrue becomes a lien in favor of the state upon all property and rights to p…

Any employer or employing unit refusing or failing to make and file required reports or to pay any contributions, interest or penalties when due under the provisions of this chapter, after 10 days' written notice sent by the commissioner or his authorized representative to the em…

No action may be maintained under this chapter unless commenced within 6 years of the time the cause arose or 2 years after the department is put on notice that the cause exists, whichever is later.

If, after due notice, any employer shall fail to make any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due, with interest thereon pursuant to RSA 282-A:141, shall be collectible by any means provided by law for the collection of any tax due to the state of New Hampshi…

In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, or any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contributions then or thereafter due shal…

I. The commissioner of the department of employment security may, with the approval of the attorney general, effect by written stipulation such settlement of the contribution or interest due under the provisions of this chapter as he or she may deem to be for the best interests o…

If not later than 4 years from the last day of the period with respect to which a payment of any contributions or interest thereon was made, or one year from the date on which such payment was made, whichever shall be the later, an employing unit or employer who has paid such con…

I. "Wages" means every form of remuneration for personal services paid or payable to a person directly or indirectly by his employing unit, including salaries, commissions, bonuses, and the reasonable value of board, rent, housing, lodging, payment in kind and similar advantages …

I. If the commissioner believes that the collection of contributions will be jeopardized by delay, he shall immediately assess on the basis of whatever information he may have such contributions together with all interest and penalties, whether or not the time prescribed by RSA 2…

I. If an employer shall fail to file a report for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions due under this chapter, or if such report when filed shall be incorrect or insufficient and the employer shall fail to file a correct or sufficient report within 20 days after…

I. Whenever used in this subdivision, unless the context shall otherwise require, or unless otherwise specifically provided, the word "contribution" shall include not only the principal of any contribution but also all interest, penalties, fees and other charges added thereto by …

I. Definitions. In this section: (a) "Commissioner" means commissioner of the department of employment security. (b) "Date that the determination creating the overpayment becomes final" means the date a person has no appeal or appeal period pending under RSA 282-A:164, RSA 282-A:…

I. Any nonresident employing unit who acquires the status of an employer under the provisions of this chapter or any resident employing unit who, after having acquired the status of an employer under the provisions of this chapter, removes himself from the state shall be deemed t…

The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.

The courts of this state shall entertain actions in the name of the commissioner to collect benefits, contributions or interest thereon for which liability has accrued under the employment security law of any other state or of the federal government. The commissioner shall have t…

In addition to any other remedies under this subdivision, if the commissioner finds that any county, city, town or other political subdivision has become delinquent with respect to payments due under this chapter and following the commissioner's written request for such payment, …

Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement by an individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions, required under…

No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the commissioner of the department of employment security, or by his representative or by any court or by any officer thereof. Any individual claiming benefits before the com…

I. Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void. Such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt…

"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, f…

No person shall discriminate in any way against another person because of his appearance or intended appearance as a witness or party, or for giving or furnishing information in connection with any proceeding under this chapter or an appeal therefrom. Any person who violates any …

Whoever willfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for one's self, or for any other person, shall be guilty of: I. A class A felony if the amount …

Any individual who wilfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact before a representative of the department of employment security of the state of New Hampshire to obtain benefits under the laws of any other state or the federal …

I. Any individual who is convicted under RSA 282-A:161 shall be deemed disqualified from receiving benefits for one year from the date of such conviction. II. All benefits received for any week or weeks directly affected by such false statement or representation or failure to dis…

Any individual who willfully makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, whether before a representative of the department of employment security of the state of New Hampshire or in another state before a representative of the unemplo…

I. Any person who has received any benefits under this chapter while any conditions for the receipt of benefits imposed by this chapter were not fulfilled or while the person was disqualified from receiving benefits shall be liable to repay to the commissioner such benefits all o…

I. Any employing unit, officer, or employee of a corporation, or member or employee of a partnership or limited liability company, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform and: (a) Who knowingly makes a false statement or representation; or (b) Who know…

In the discretion of the commissioner or an authorized representative, violations of RSA 282-A:166, I(c) and (d) may subject the person to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than the amount of the contributions then or subsequently determined by the commissioner to be due. F…

Any violator of any provision of this chapter, or of any order or rule thereunder, for which a penalty is neither prescribed above nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and each such violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offe…

On request of an agency of another state which administers an employment security law and which has found, in accordance with the provisions of such law, that an individual is liable to repay benefits received under such law, the commissioner may collect from such individual the …

The commissioner of the department of employment security is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby: I. Services performed by an individual for a single e…

"Week" means such period of 7 consecutive calendar days as the commissioner of employment security may prescribe by rule.

Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to any reciprocal arrangements authorized by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter; except that no charge shall be made to an employer's account under RSA 282-A:69-98: I. In excess…

If, after entering into an arrangement under RSA 282-A:169, II or III, the commissioner of the department of employment security finds that the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government participating in such arrangement has been changed in a material…

The commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of unemployment compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this chapter with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other st…

If at any time the governor shall find: I. That the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits have been held invalid under the constitution of this state by the supreme court of this state or under the United States Constitution by the Supreme…