Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1137 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1137
AN ACT relative to withholding of wages.
SPONSORS: Rep. Daniels, Hills 6
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill modifies the purposes for which employers may withhold a portion of an employee’s wages.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2460
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to withholding of wages.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Withholding of Wages. Amend RSA 275:48, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) The employer has a written authorization by the employee for deductions for a lawful purpose accruing to the benefit of the employee as provided in regulations issued by the commissioner, as provided in subparagraph (d) [or for any of the following]:
[(1) Union dues;
(2) Health, welfare pension, and apprenticeship fund contributions;
(3) Voluntary contributions to charities;
(4) Housing and utilities;
(5) Payments into savings funds held by someone other than the employer;
(6) Voluntary rental fees for non-required clothing;
(7) Voluntary cleaning of uniforms and non-required clothing;
(8) The employee's use of a vehicle under RSA 261:111, III;
(9) Medical, surgical, hospital and other group insurance benefits without financial advantage to the employer, when the employee has given his or her written authorization and deductions are duly recorded; and
(10) Required clothing not covered by the definition of uniform] or for any purpose for which the employer and employee mutually agree.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.