STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SENATE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
THE COMMITTEE ON Commerce
to which was referred HB 280
AN ACT relative to wage payments.
Having considered the same, the committee recommends that the Bill
IS INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
BY A VOTE OF: 6-0
Senator Tim McGough
For the Committee
This bill would have repealed the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorized employers to choose any payment method for their employees. By repealing RSA 275:43, numerous requirements would be removed, including paying in legal tender, ensuring a financial institution is convenient to a place of employment if wages are paid via check, and ensuring there is notification of deductions or fees when they are deducted from pay cards. Given the broad parameters, the Department of Labor expressed concerns in resolving disputes when they arise. As much as the Commerce committee supports the rights of employers to self-determine how to conduct business and pay employees, this bill was not quite ready for prime time, and enough significant concerns were raised by parties on all sides to find it inexpedient to legislate at this time.
Aaron Jones 271-2609
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR
Commerce
HB 280, relative to wage payments.
Inexpedient to Legislate, Vote 6-0.
Senator Tim McGough for the committee.
This bill would have repealed the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorized employers to choose any payment method for their employees. By repealing RSA 275:43, numerous requirements would be removed, including paying in legal tender, ensuring a financial institution is convenient to a place of employment if wages are paid via check, and ensuring there is notification of deductions or fees when they are deducted from pay cards. Given the broad parameters, the Department of Labor expressed concerns in resolving disputes when they arise. As much as the Commerce committee supports the rights of employers to self-determine how to conduct business and pay employees, this bill was not quite ready for prime time, and enough significant concerns were raised by parties on all sides to find it inexpedient to legislate at this time.