Bill Text - HB1574 (2012)

Relative to an employee's lunch or eating period.


Revision: Dec. 21, 2011, midnight

HB 1574 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1574

AN ACT relative to an employee’s lunch or eating period.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoell, Merr 13

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the requirement that an employer grant an employee a ½ hour lunch or eating period after 5 consecutive hours of work.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to an employee’s lunch or eating period.

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

1 Repeal. RSA 275:20-a, relative to lunch or eating period, is repealed.

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