Title XXIII, Labor

I. An employer's contribution rate shall, after computation is made in the manner described in RSA 282-A:86, and subject to the provisions and conditions of this subdivision otherwise provided, be in the following percent: SCHEDULE I. Percent of Average Annual Contribution Pay Ro…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an employer whose contribution rate is determined to be 3.5 percent or more may, on or before a computation date, elect to have his contribution rate thereafter computed on each computation date solely on the then most recent 5…

Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, whenever through inadvertence, mistake or any other means erroneous charges or credits are found to have been made to an employer's account, the same shall be readjusted as of the date of discovery. Such readjustment shall not aff…

I. "Employment" means service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, expressed or implied, together with service performed within the state which constitutes "employment" under the provisions of the Federal U…

The individual pool shall be operational and available for use by individuals on a timetable that is sufficient to ensure that FMLI coverage shall be available for purchase by January 1, 2023.

No employer assigned a rate under RSA 282-A:87, II or II-a, shall be entitled to any such rate reductions occasioned by fund balances as are provided in RSA 282-A:79-89.

An employing unit which acquires substantially all of the New Hampshire assets of any employer with the intent to continue said employer's organization, trade or business, excepting, in any such case, any assets retained by such employer incident to the liquidation of his obligat…

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall apply regarding assignment of rates and transfers of experience: (a)(1) If an employer transfers its trade or business, or a portion thereof, to an employing unit or to another employer and, at the time of the tra…

No rate of less than 2.7 percent shall be permitted an employing unit succeeding to the experience of another employing unit pursuant to RSA 282-A:91-93 for any period subsequent to such succession except in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, which rules shall be …

I. Whenever any employing unit, whether or not an employing unit at the time, in any manner succeeds to, or has succeeded to, or acquires, or has acquired, a segregable portion of an employer's organization, trade, or business, and all of the assets of that employer devoted to th…

The commissioner of the department of employment security or his authorized representative shall make an initial determination on all questions relating to the liability of employing units or employers or both, including the amount of contributions, the rate at which contribution…

The affected employing unit or employer or both may appeal in writing to the commissioner from the initial determination. No appeal shall be entertained by the commissioner unless received in his office or, if filed by mail, postmarked within 14 calendar days from the date on whi…

I. A formal hearing on each such appeal shall be conducted according to the rules adopted by the commissioner, whether or not such rules conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure; and a complete record of such hearings shall be ma…

The commissioner's decision on said appeal shall be final and conclusive as to the liability of the employing unit or employer or both unless an appeal therefrom is filed in accordance with the provisions of RSA 282-A:64.

The procedures set forth above shall be exclusive for the determination of all questions relating to the liability of employing units or employers or both except matters determined under RSA 282-A:42-68. No questions relating to the liability of employing units or employers or bo…

Any employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject to the provisions of this chapter within any calendar year shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter as of January 1 and for the whole of such calendar year except as provided in RSA 282-A:102, and shall remain a…

I. State, county, or municipal agency shall mean any board, commission, department, officer, agency, or agent of the state or of any county, city, town or political division thereof charged with the duty of making contracts therefor. II. Contract shall mean any contract for the c…

In this chapter: I. "Hiring party" means any individual or business that contracts for the performance of services by an independent contractor. II. "Independent contractor" means a person who qualifies as such under RSA 275:42, II, or applicable common law tests, who is free fro…

I. A hiring party may voluntarily contribute funds to an independent contractor's portable benefit account. II. Contributions may be made using funds withheld from compensation owed to the contractor, provided that: (a) The withholding is expressed in a written agreement; (b) The…

I. The following actions shall be excluded from consideration when determining a worker's legal status as either an employee or an independent contractor under RSA 275, RSA 282-A, or any other state labor, tax, or benefits statute: (a) The offer of, or contribution to, a portable…

I. In public employment of clerks, office help, mechanics, laborers, inspectors, supervisors, foremen, janitors, peace officers, and relief employees in the construction of public works, public projects and in the conduct of city, town or district departments by a county, city, t…

The employment preferences provided for veterans under the provisions of RSA 283:4 are extended to include any unremarried widow whose husband at the time of his death was a citizen of this state and who served in the armed forces of the United States during any war in which the …

The hiring authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall take any necessary action to secure the employment of said veterans in said service of the state or political subdivisions thereof respectively.

Veterans, in order to be entitled to preference under this subdivision, shall furnish proof of such entitlement to the hiring authority of the state or political subdivision when applying for employment.

For the purposes of this chapter: I. The term "armed forces" shall include those forces listed in RSA 72:28, IV. II. The terms "in time of war" and "during any war" shall include all the terms used in RSA 72:28, V.

Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.