HB 1376 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2631

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1376

AN ACT relative to temporary workers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires an employer to offer a full-time temporary employee a permanent position after 6 months of temporary 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2631

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to temporary workers.

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

1  New Subdivision; Temporary Work.  Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 75 the following new subdivision:

Temporary Work

275:76  Temporary Work.

I.  In this subdivision, "temporary worker" means  a worker who is hired by an employer from a staffing agency or as an individual for a temporary work assignment due to employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, or special assignments or projects, without the benefits afforded permanent employees of the employer, with or without the expectation of permanent employment.

II.  Every employer who employs a full-time temporary worker shall offer permanent work status to such worker after the worker satisfactorily completes  6 months of service, provided the need for such work is ongoing.

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