HB 1451 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2220
04/06
HOUSE BILL 1451
AN ACT relative to employee work schedules and rest periods.
SPONSORS: Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Read, Rock. 17; Rep. Dontonville, Graf. 10; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires employers with 10 or more employees in this state or 2 or more locations in this state to schedule a rest period between certain employment shifts and provide employees with advance notice of the work schedule.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2220
04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to employee work schedules and rest periods.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Labor; Advance Notice of Work Schedule. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 30-a the following new section:
275:30-b Advance Notice of Work Schedule.
I. An employer with 10 or more employees in this state or 2 or more locations in this state shall provide an employee with a work schedule in writing at least 7 calendar days before the first day of the work schedule. The employer shall notify an employee at the time of hiring of the requirement under this section.
II. The employer shall post the written work schedule in a conspicuous and accessible location, in English and in at least one other language, if not English, that the employer typically uses to communicate with employees.
III. The employer shall provide a written work schedule that runs through the last date of the posted work schedule in effect at the time of delivery to:
(a) A new employee on or before the employee’s first day of work; or
(b) An existing employee on the employee’s first day of work after a leave of absence.
IV. The written work schedule shall include all work shifts and on-call shifts for the work period.
V. If the employer requests changes to the written work schedule after the advance notice required in this section:
(a) The employer shall provide the employee with timely notice of the change by in-person conversation, telephone call, electronic mail, text message or other accessible electronic or written format; and
(b) The employee may decline any work shifts not included in the employee’s written work schedule.
VI. At any time after the advance notice of written work schedule required in this section, an employee may request in writing that the employer add the employee to one or more work shifts or on-call work shifts. Any changes to the employee’s written work schedule resulting from such employee-requested work schedule changes are not subject to the advance notice requirements of this section.
2 Labor; Day of Rest. Amend RSA 275:33 to read as follows:
275:33 Day of Rest; Rest Between Shifts.
I. No employer shall operate any such business on Sunday unless [he] the employer has posted in a conspicuous place on the premises a schedule containing a list of employees who are required or allowed to work on Sunday and designating the day of rest for each, and shall promptly file a copy of such schedule and every change therein with the labor commissioner. No employee shall be required or allowed to work on the day of rest designated for him. Whoever violates this section shall be fined $50.
II.(a) No employer with 10 or more employees in this state or 2 or more locations in this state shall schedule or require an employee to work during the following rest periods, unless the employee requests or consents to work such hours:
(1) The first 10 hours following the end of the previous calendar day’s work shift or oncall shift; or
(2) The first 10 hours following the end of a work shift or on-call shift that spanned 2 calendar days.
(b) An employer shall compensate an employee for each hour or portion of an hour that the employee works during a rest period described in subparagraph (a) at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay.
(c) An employer shall notify an employee of the provisions of this section on the employee's first day of work.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 24, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 14, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 6, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
March 6, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 48
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 21-0; CC)
March 6, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/06/2018 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 9 P. 27
Feb. 14, 2018: Executive Session: 02/14/2018 LOB 307
Jan. 24, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 01:00 PM LOB 307
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 11