HB81 (2007) Detail

Relative to required pay for employees called into work.


HB 81 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

04Apr2007… 0709h

2007 SESSION

07-0320

06/03

HOUSE BILL 81

AN ACT relative to required pay for employees called into work.

SPONSORS: Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Requires an employer to pay 3 hours wages to an employee called in to work unless the employer makes a good faith effort to notify an employee not to report to work.

II. Creates exemptions for health care employees of community based outreach services providers, employees who leave work for illness or family emergency, and certain employees who report to work with the expectation of working fewer than 3 hours.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04Apr2007… 0709h

07-0320

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to required pay for employees called into work.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Required Pay; Increased to 4 Hours. RSA 275:43-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

275:43-a Required Pay.

I. On any day an employee reports to work at an employer’s request, he or she shall be paid not less than 3 hours’ pay at his or her regular rate of pay; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to employers of counties or municipalities, and provided further that no employer who makes a good faith effort to notify an employee not to report to work shall be liable to pay wages under this section. However, if the employee reports to work after the employer’s attempt to notify him or her has been unsuccessful or if the employer is prevented from making notification for any reason, the employee shall perform whatever duties are assigned by the employer at the time the employee reports to work.

II. The following are exempt from paragraph I:

(a) Any employee who reports to work and then requests to leave on the basis of illness or personal or family emergency, providing that a written explanation initialed by the employee is entered on the employee’s time slip or card:

(b) Any employee who is hired and reports to work with the expectation that he or she will work fewer than 3 hours and who is notified in advance of his or her schedule, provided that the notification is in writing.

(c) Any health care employee of community based outreach services providers including licensed home health and hospice providers who voluntarily makes schedule changes to meet the needs of the physically or mentally infirm clients he or she serves and who signs a statement upon hire stating that he or she understands this job requirement.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.