Revision: Feb. 19, 2025, 4:42 p.m.
Rep. Staub, Hills. 25
Rep. de Vries, Rock. 29
February 18, 2025
2025-0459h
05/08
Amendment to HB 487
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to providing hospitality industry employees with advance notice of the work schedule.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Findings. The general court finds that transparency and advance notice of work schedules for hospitality industry workers, particularly those with either child care or caregiving responsibilities, is critically important to managing child care and caregiving schedules and to minimizing working family costs, including mandatory child care cancellation costs as well as medical and in-home appointment costs. The general court further finds that such notice enhances the ability of employees to pick up shifts or other work when they are not scheduled in order to maximize the value of their time.
2 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. All hospitality industry employers, including hotels, motels, restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, bars, pubs, casinos, and events spaces, shall provide hourly paid employees notice of the employee's starting hour work schedule at least 7 days in advance of any scheduled shift. The end time of any shift may be included in posted schedules, but the hospitality industry employer is not required to post the end time of each shift 7 days in advance.
II. The requirements of this section shall not apply when regular operations of the employer are suspended due to circumstances beyond the employer's control, such as extreme weather or acts of God. If a work schedule changes due to unforeseen circumstances, the employer shall provide notice to the employee as soon as possible, but hospitality industry employees may not be terminated for failure to work a shift if the shift was not scheduled at least 7 days in advance.
III. No employer shall retaliate against any employee because the employee has exercised, or may exercise, his or her rights under this section.
IV. The requirements of this section may be waived by the parties to a valid collective bargaining agreement.
V. This section shall not apply to employers with fewer than 15 employees or to health care facilities.
VI. In this section:
(a) "Notice" means either posting the work schedule in a conspicuous place accessible to all employees or providing an employee's work schedule in-hand, by electronic mail, or via an application software program.
(b) "Work schedule" means the staffing plan by the employer defining the days and hours to be worked by the employee.
3 Applicability. This act shall not apply to employees and employers subject to a valid collective bargaining agreement on the effective date of this act. Any collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this section may waive the requirements of RSA 275:30-b.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2025-0459h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill directs hospitality industry employers to provide hourly employees with advance notice of the work schedule.