HB1188 (2014) Detail

Relative to paycheck equity.


HB 1188 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

05/15/14 1741s

4Jun2014… 1936CofC

2014 SESSION

14-2059

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1188

AN ACT relative to paycheck equity.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weed, Ches 16; Rep. Cahill, Rock 17; Rep. Phillips, Ches 5; Rep. Ley, Ches 9; Rep. Moody, Rock 17; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee because he or she discloses the amount of his or her 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/15/14 1741s

4Jun2014… 1936CofC

14-2059

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to paycheck equity.

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

1 Pay Disclosure. Amend RSA 275:41-b, II to read as follows:

II. No employer shall discharge, formally discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee [who] because he or she discloses the amount of his or her wages, salary, or paid benefits.

2 Contingency. If SB 207-FN of the 2014 regular legislative session becomes law, section 1 of this act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015. If SB 207-FN of the 2014 regular legislative session does not become law, section 1 of this act shall not take effect.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 2 of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.