Bills seek to protect workers, penalize claim delays
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Two bills were introduced in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday addressing labor and employment issues on productivity quotas and failures to make payment of compensation.
H.B. 1076 seeks to establish a subdivision on productivity quotas and amend the legal guidelines on workers’ rights and entitlements. The bill seeks to require each employer to provide employees with a written description of each quota, including productivity expectations, timeframes, and any potential adverse employment action that could result from failure to meet the quota.
The bill also seeks to protect workers from illegal quotas or interpretations of productivity by forbidding employers to take adverse employment action for failure to meet a quota that does not allow a worker to comply with meal and rest periods, or occupational health and safety laws in state law or department rules, or for failure to meet a quota that has not been disclosed to the employee.
H.B. 1231 seeks to prevent insurers from intentionally delaying or denying payments for lost wages to injured workers. Under this bill, insurers or self-insurers who fail to file a timely memorandum or delay claims payments would be required to pay interest to the injured worker and a civil penalty up to $2,500.
Public hearings have been scheduled for H.B. 1076 and H.B. 1231 on Jan. 13 and Jan. 20, respectively.
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