HB 1476 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2566

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1476

AN ACT relative to prohibitions on the employment of youth.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf. 15; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Ferreira, Hills. 28; Rep. Hull, Graf. 9

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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ANALYSIS

This bill adds an exemption to the prohibition on the employment of youth.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2566

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to prohibitions on the employment of youth.

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

1  Youth Employment Law; Prohibitions.  Amend RSA 276-A:4, II to read as follows:

  II. No youth under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work without a certificate except:

  (a)  For his or her parents, grandparents, or guardian;

    (b)  At work defined in this chapter as casual; [or]

     (c)  As farm labor;

(d)  For an employer who obtains and maintains on file a signed and notarized document from the youth's parent or legal guardian permitting the youth's employment.

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