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HB 211 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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2019 SESSION
19-0242
04/01
HOUSE BILL 211
AN ACT relative to inquiries by prospective employers concerning salary history.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits an employer from requiring a prospective employee to disclose his or her salary history prior to an offer of employment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to inquiries by prospective employers concerning salary history.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Discrimination in the Workplace; Salary History. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 41-d the following new section:
275:41-e Salary History.
I. No employer shall inquire about a prospective employee's wage or salary history before an offer of employment with compensation has been negotiated and made to the prospective employee, unless a prospective employee has voluntarily disclosed such information.
II. No employer shall use an employee's prior wage and salary history as a defense to any action alleging wage or salary discrimination under state law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.