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2020 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXIII - Labor
Title 279 - Minimum Wage Law
Section 279:28 - Penalties.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 279:28 (2020)
279:28 Penalties. –
I. [Repealed.]
II. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rates applicable to such employee under the statutory minimum wage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each week in any day of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him under the statutory minimum wage and each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offense.
III. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who fails to keep the records required hereunder, or refuses to permit the commissioner or his authorized representative to enter his place of business, or fails to furnish such records to the commissioner or his authorized representative upon request shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each day of such failure to keep the records requested hereunder or to furnish the same to the commissioner or his authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.
I. [Repealed.]
II. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rates applicable to such employee under the statutory minimum wage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each week in any day of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him under the statutory minimum wage and each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offense.
III. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who fails to keep the records required hereunder, or refuses to permit the commissioner or his authorized representative to enter his place of business, or fails to furnish such records to the commissioner or his authorized representative upon request shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each day of such failure to keep the records requested hereunder or to furnish the same to the commissioner or his authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.
Source. 1933, 87:22. RL 213:22. RSA 279:28. 1967, 440:15. 1973, 529:57. 1995, 94:4, 7, XXIII, eff. July 15, 1995.
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