Bill Text: NH SB211 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to an injured employee's right to reinstatement to a former position for purposes of workers' compensation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 02/16/2022; Senate Journal 3 [SB211 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB211-Introduced.html
SB 211 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2954
04/08
SENATE BILL 211
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds an exception to an employee's right to reinstatement to his or her position based on the employer's need to fill the position where a temporary replacement is not available or practical.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2954
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Workers' Compensation; Reinstatement of Employee Sustaining Compensable Injuries. Amend RSA 281-A:25-a, II(a) by inserting after subparagraph (3) the following new subparagraph:
(4) The employer determines that the employee's position must be filled, and a replacement on a temporary basis is either not available or practical.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
