TABLE
OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER Emp 100
ORGANIZATIONAL RULES
PART Emp 101 DEFINITIONS
Section Emp 101.01 Bureau
Section Emp 101.02 Commissioner
Section Emp 101.03 Department
Section Emp 101.04 Deputy Commissioner
Section Emp 101.05 Employing Unit
Section Emp 101.06 Equivalent or Better Work
Section Emp 101.07 House Counsel
Section Emp 101.08 Immediately Available
Section Emp 101.09 Most Recent Employer - REPEALED
Section Emp 101.10 Not Immediately Available
Section Emp 101.11 Permanent Work
Section Emp 101.12 Services
Section Emp 101.13 Substantially Less Favorable
Section Emp 101.14 Temporary Work
Section Emp 101.15 Week
PART Emp 102 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
Section Emp 102.01 Commissioner; Commissioner’s Office
Section Emp 102.02 Deputy Commissioner
Section Emp 102.03 House Counsel
Section Emp 102.04 Employment Service Bureau
Section Emp 102.05 Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Section Emp 102.06 Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
PART Emp 103 PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
Section Emp 103.01 Obtaining Records
CHAPTER Emp 200
COMPLAINTS AND HEARING PROCEDURES
PART Emp 201 APPEAL FROM DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYER
LIABILITY
Section Emp 201.01 Form and Content
Section Emp 201.02 Notice of Hearing
Section Emp 201.03 Evidence, Testimony and Records
Section Emp 201.04 Examination of Department Records
Section Emp 201.05 Examination of Parties and Witnesses
Section Emp 201.06 Scope of Hearing
Section Emp 201.07 Adjournment, Postponement and Continuance
Section Emp 201.08 Failure to Request Continuance or Postponement,
or to Appear
Section Emp 201.09 Decision
PART Emp 202 APPEAL TRIBUNAL
Section Emp 202.01 Appeal to and Hearing by Appeal Tribunal
PART Emp 203 APPELLATE DIVISION - EXPIRED - RESERVED
PART Emp 204 APPROVAL OF FEES
Section Emp 204.01 Scope of Rules
Section Emp 204.02 Written Petitions
Section Emp 204.03 Approval of Fees
Section Emp 204.04 Reconsideration
Section Emp 204.05 Hearings
Section Emp 204.06 Decision
Section Emp 204.07 Waiver of Rules
PART Emp 205 DECLARATORY RULINGS
Section Emp 205.01 Petition for Declaratory Ruling
Section Emp 205.02 Disposition of Petitions for Declaratory
Rulings
Section Emp 205.03 Effect of Declaratory Ruling
Section Emp 205.04 Filing and Publication of Declaratory Rulings
PART Emp 206 RECORDS
Section Emp 206.01 Destruction of Records
PART Emp 207 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section Emp 207.01 Purpose
Section Emp 207.02 Application
Section Emp 207.03 Party
Section Emp 207.04 Presiding Officer; Appointment; Authority
Section Emp 207.05 Withdrawal of Presiding Officer or Department
Official
Section Emp 207.06 Waiver or Suspension of Rules by Presiding
Officer
Section Emp 207.07 Date of Issuance or Filing
Section Emp 207.08 Format of Documents
Section Emp 207.09 Delivery of Documents
Section Emp 207.10 Computation of Time
Section Emp 207.11 Motions; Objections
Section Emp 207.12 Commencement of Hearing
Section Emp 207.13 Docket Numbers
Section Emp 207.14 Notice of Hearing
Section Emp 207.15 Appearances and Representation
Section Emp 207.16 Prehearing Conference
Section Emp 207.17 Role of Department Staff in Enforcement or
Disciplinary Hearings
Section Emp 207.18 Role of Complainants in Enforcement or
Disciplinary Hearings
Section Emp 207.19 Intervention
Section Emp 207.20 Postponements and Continuances
Section Emp 207.21 Failure to Attend Hearing
Section Emp 207.22 Voluntary Production of Information
Section Emp 207.23 Motions to Compel Production of Information
Section Emp 207.24 Pre-Hearing Disclosure of Witnesses and
Exhibits
Section Emp 207.25 Record of the Hearing
Section Emp 207.26 Standard and Burden of Proof
Section Emp 207.27 Testimony; Order of Proceeding
Section Emp 207.28 Evidence
Section Emp 207.29 Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of
Law
Section Emp 207.30 Closing the Record
Section Emp 207.31 Reopening the Record
Section Emp 207.32 Decisions
Section Emp 207.33 Filing and Content of Motion for Rehearing
Section Emp 207.34 Standard for Granting Motion for Rehearing
PART Emp 208 RULEMAKING PETITIONS
Section Emp 208.01 Petition for Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of
Rules
PART Emp 209 RULEMAKING PUBLIC COMMENT HEARINGS
Section Emp 209.01 Purpose
Section Emp 209.02 Scope
Section Emp 209.03 Notice
Section Emp 209.04 Media Access
Section Emp 209.05 Moderator
Section Emp 209.06 Public Participation
PART Emp 210 EXPLANATION OF ADOPTED RULES
Section Emp 210.01 Requests for Explanation of Adopted Rules
Section Emp 210.02 Contents of Explanation
PART Emp 211 APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY
FOR BENEFITS
Section Emp 211.01 Required Department Actions
CHAPTER Emp 300
EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS
PART Emp 301 DEFINITIONS
Section Emp 301.01 Break in Service
Section Emp 301.02 Casual Labor
Section Emp 301.03 Compact Disk
Section Emp 301.04 Contract for Services
Section Emp 301.05 Date of Hire
Section Emp 301.06 Diskette
Section Emp 301.07 Magnetic Media
Section Emp 301.08 Multistate Employing Unit
Section Emp 301.09 Work State
PART Emp 302 PAYMENTS IN KIND
Section Emp 302.01 Reasonable Value for Payments in Kind
Section Emp 302.02 Payments in Kind for the Convenience of the
Employer
Section Emp 302.03 Tips and Gratuities
PART Emp 303 RECORDS AND REPORTS
Section Emp 303.01 Notice of Employment
Section Emp 303.02 Quarterly Reports
Section Emp 303.021 Filing
Quarterly Reports Online
Section Emp 303.022 Filing
Quarterly Reports via Magnetic Media
Section
Emp 303.023 Making Corrections to Tax and Wage Information Previously Reported
Section Emp 303.03 Information Regarding Reported Earnings or
Hours
Section Emp 303.04 Authority and Identity Required
Section Emp 303.05 Records to be Kept by Each Employing Unit and
Each Employer
Section Emp 303.06 Penalty - EXPIRED
Section Emp 303.07 Force and Effect of Instructions on Forms -
EXPIRED
Section Emp 303.08 Notice of Claim and Verification Request Form
Section Emp 303.09 Mailing Address
Section Emp 303.10 Authorized Agents
Section Emp 303.11 Filing Requirements
Section Emp 303.12 Request for Wage Information
Section Emp 303.13 Mass Layoffs
Section Emp 303.14 Part-Time Work Information - EXPIRED
Section Emp 303.15 Trade, Business, and Workforce Transfer
Report
PART Emp 304 CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEBTS
Section Emp 304.01 Contributions Due and Payable
Section Emp 304.02 Reimbursing Employers
Section Emp 304.03 Group Accounts
Section Emp 304.04 Charging of Benefits in Cases of Two or More
Concurrent Employers
Section Emp 304.05 Computation Date and Tax Rate in Event of
Successorship
Section Emp 304.06 Chargeable Employer if No Most Recent
Employer - EXPIRED
Section Emp 304.07 Temporary Unemployment Compensation Crisis
Assessment - EXPIRED
Section Emp 304.08 Reestablishment of Rights to a Reduced Merit
Rate - EXPIRED
Section Emp 304.09 Adverse Rating Cost - EXPIRED
Section Emp 304.10 Most Recent Employer - EXPIRED
Section Emp 304.11 Transfers of Experience and Assignment of
Rates
PART Emp 305 NOTICES
Section Emp 305.01 Posting Notices
PART Emp 306
EMPLOYER ELECTIONS
Section Emp 306.01
Employer Elections to
PART Emp 307
EMPLOYEE LEASING
Section Emp 307.01
Scope of Rule
Section Emp 307.02
Definitions
Section Emp 307.03
Common Paymaster Arrangements
Section Emp 307.04
Notification
Section Emp 307.05
Reporting and Payment Requirements
PART Emp 308 NEW
HIRE
Section Emp 308.01
Purpose of the Rule
Section Emp 308.02
Reporting Required
Section Emp 308.03
Multistate Employing Units
Section Emp 308.04
Timely Reporting
CHAPTER Emp 400 ADMINISTRATION
PART Emp 401 RESERVED
PART Emp 402 PAYMENTS
Section Emp 402.01 Form, Dishonored and Application
Section Emp 402.02 Interest on Overpayments
Section Emp 402.03 Contributions Due and Payable
PART Emp 403 SETTLEMENT OF CONFORMITY ISSUES
Section Emp 403.01 Coverage of Government Units and
"Non-Profit" Organizations
Section Emp 403.02 RESERVED
Section Emp 403.03 Restricting the Effect of RSA 282-A:16 to
Professional Athletes
Section Emp 403.04 Defining the "Between Times" Denial
of Compensation - REPEALED
Section Emp 403.05 Exemption Not to Apply - REPEALED
Section Emp 403.06 Successive Benefit Year Earnings Requirement
PART Emp 404 JOB TRAINING PROGRAM
Section Emp 404.01 Purpose
Section Emp 404.02 Scope
Section Emp 404.03 Definitions
Section Emp 404.04 Eligibility Requirements
Section Emp 404.05 Non-Eligible
Section Emp 404.06 Entity
Match Requirement
Section Emp 404.07 Non-Acceptable Use of Grant Funds
Section Emp 404.08 Acceptable Use of Grant Funds
Section Emp 404.09 Starting and Completion Dates
Section Emp 404.10 Incomplete Applications
Section
Emp 404.11 WorkInvestNH
Grant Application Confidentiality
Section
Emp 404.12 WorkInvestNH
Grant Limitations
Section
Emp 404.13 WorkInvestNH
Training Evaluation Report
Section
Emp 404.14 WorkInvestNH
Grant Application
Section
Emp 404.15 Submittal
Section
Emp 404.16 Acknowledgment of Application
and Application Review
Section
Emp 404.17 Notification
Section
Emp 404.18 Training Fund Contract
Section
Emp 404.19 Reimbursement of Funds
Section
Emp 404.20 Time Limit for Reimbursement
Section
Emp 404.21 Grant Funds Used or Not Used
Section
Emp 404.22 Failure to Comply
Section
Emp 404.23 Training Evaluation Report
Section
Emp 404.24 Program Information
Section
Emp 404.25 Participant Eligibility
Section
Emp 404.26 Initial Assessment
Section
Emp 404.27 Employment Support Services
Section
Emp 404.28 On-the-job Training
Section
Emp 404.29 Termination from WorkNowNH
PART
Emp 405 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
Section
Emp 405.01 Claimant Correspondence
Section
Emp 405.02 Claimant Access to Electronic
Correspondence
Section
Emp 405.03 Employer Benefit
Correspondence - REPEALED
Section
Emp 405.04 Employer Access to Electronic
Correspondence
Section
Emp 405.05 Representative Benefit
Correspondence - - REPEALED
Section
Emp 405.06 Representative Access to
Electronic Correspondence - - REPEALED
PART Emp 406 COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION WITH REGULAR COMPENSATION
Section
Emp 406.01 Purpose
Section
Emp 406.02 Eligible Claimant
Section
Emp 406.03 Claim for Benefits
PART Emp 407 COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION AND THE STATE-FEDERAL EXTENDED BENEFITS PROGRAM
Section
Emp 407.01 Purpose
Section
Emp 407.02 Benefits Available
PART
Emp 408 ADJUSTMENT OF OVERPAID BENEFIT
ACCOUNTS BY COMPROMISE
Section
Emp 408.01 Compromise
Section
Emp 408.02 Recommendation of Compromise
Section
Emp 408.03 Notice of Acknowledgement and
Mode of Hearing
Section
Emp 408.04 Rebuttable Presumption
Section
Emp 408.05 Totality of the Circumstances
Section
Emp 408.06 Factors to be Considered
Section
Emp 408.07 Injured Spouse Allocation
Section
Emp 408.08 Notice of Commissioner’s
Decision on Request to Compromise
Section
Emp 408.09 Request for Reconsideration
Section
Emp 408.10 The Collection Process and
Requests for Compromise
PART
Emp 409 OFFSET OF FEDERAL TAX REFUND
PAYMENTS
Section
Emp 409.01 Purpose
Section
Emp 409.02 Definitions
Section
Emp 409.03 Advance Notification and
Section
Emp 409.04 Certification
Section
Emp 409.05 Forbearance
Section
Emp 409.06 Contents of Request for
Forbearance
Section
Emp 409.07 Injured Spouse Allocation
Section
Emp 409.08 Extreme Financial Hardship
Section
Emp 409.09 The Offset of Federal Tax
Refund Payments and Requests for Forbearance
PART
Emp 410 ALIENS
Section
Emp 410.01 Purpose
Section
Emp 410.02 Wages
Section
Emp 410.03 Benefits
PART
Emp 411 SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
Section
Emp 411.01 Purpose
Section
Emp 411.02 Definitions
Section
Emp 411.03 Claimant Requirements for Consideration
for the PTW Program
Section
Emp 411.04 Application Review Process
Section
Emp 411.05 Continued Weekly Filing
Requirements
Section
Emp 411.06 Eligibility for the
Self-Employment Assistance Allowance
Section
Emp 411.07 Program Participation
Requirements and Monitoring
Section
Emp 411.08 Exhaustion of Self-Employment
Assistance Allowance
Section
Emp 411.09 Termination from the PTW
Program
Section
Emp 411.10 Appeal Procedure
Section
Emp 411.11 Enrollment Limitation
CHAPTER Emp 500
CLAIMANT REQUIREMENTS
PART Emp 501 REGISTRATION FOR WORK AND FILING OF CLAIMS
Section Emp 501.01 Work Registration
Section Emp 501.02 RESERVED
Section Emp 501.03 Initial Claims
Section Emp 501.04 Time and Place for Filing Continued Claims
Section Emp 501.05 Filing a Claim After Starting Work
Section Emp 501.06 Effective Date of Claim
Section Emp 501.07 REPEALED
Section Emp 501.08 Profiling and Reemployment Services
Section Emp 501.09 Wage Voucher
Section Emp 501.10 Wages During Week Claimed
Section Emp 501.11 Employment Services
Section Emp 501.12 Work Search
Section Emp 501.13 Claims Filed Over the Internet
Section Emp 501.14 Failure to Report for Employment Services
Section Emp 501.15 Part-Time Availability and Shift Availability
- EXPIRED
PART Emp 502 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PAYMENTS
Section Emp 502.01 Where and How Payments Made
Section Emp 502.02 Benefits Due Deceased Claimants
Section Emp 502.03 Overpayment Without Fault
Section Emp 502.04 Basis for Computation of Annual Earnings
Section Emp 502.05 Deduction and Withholding From Benefits
Section Emp 502.06 Earnings from Self-Employment
Section Emp 502.07 Application of Wages
Section Emp 502.08 Waiting Week
Section Emp 502.09 Penalty Weeks under RSA 282-A:164
PART Emp 503 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Section Emp 503.01 Voluntary Quit Without Good Cause
Section Emp 503.02 Voluntary Leaving of Incidental Employment
Section Emp 503.03 Leaving of Self-Employment or Closing
Business
Section Emp 503.04 Self-Employment - EXPIRED
Section Emp 503.05 End of School Year
Section Emp 503.06 Leaving Employment Necessary Due to Domestic
Abuse
Section Emp 503.07 Leaving Employment for Better Available Work
- EXPIRED
Section Emp 503.08 Leaving Employment Due to Pregnancy or to an
Illness or Injury that is Not Work Related
Section Emp 503.09 Leaving Employment to Accompany Spouse
Section Emp 503.10 Leaving Employment Due to the Illness or
Disability of a Member of the Individual’s Immediate Family
PART Emp 504 SELECTION AND TRAINING PROCEDURES
Section Emp 504.01 Approved Training
PART Emp 505 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS - EXPIRED