HB347 (2015) Detail

Relative to payment of wages of certain hourly school district employees.


CHAPTER 168

HB 347 – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 347

AN ACT relative to payment of wages of certain hourly school district employees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Myler, Merr 10

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill permits the commissioner of labor to permit a school district to pay certain hourly employees less frequently than weekly.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2015… 0426h

05/14/2015 1393s

15-0543

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to payment of wages of certain hourly school district employees.

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

168:1 New Paragraph; Payment of Wages; Hourly School District Employees. Amend RSA 275:43 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

IV-a.(a) The commissioner may permit payment of wages less frequently than weekly where a school district collective bargaining agreement for hourly employees provides an option to be paid in any number of equal installments with one additional installment.

(b) Such additional installment shall require a full reconciliation of pay at least once each calendar year. Each employee shall be informed in writing, prior to choosing the equal payment option, that the reconciliation could result in a paycheck of less than the equal pay amount to a possible zero balance due the employee. In all instances, payment shall be made regularly on a predesignated date. The commissioner may prescribe the terms and conditions of such permission, and limit the duration thereof.

(c) Any employee may exclude himself or herself from participation in the provisions of this paragraph. If the employee chooses this option, the employee shall notify the school district in writing prior to the first pay check.

168:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 26, 2015

Effective Date: August 25, 2015