TITLE XXIII
LABOR

CHAPTER 282-A
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Disqualification for Benefits

Section 282-A:41

    282-A:41 Aliens. –
I. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits on the basis of services performed by an alien unless such an alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services, or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed (including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
II. Any data or information required of individuals claiming benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all claimants for benefits.
III. In the case of an individual whose claim for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits are not payable to such individual because of his alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.

Source. 1937, 178:1. 1939, 138:10-12. 1941, 103:17-20. RL 218:4. 1945, 138:9, 10. 1947, 59:12, 13. 1949, 185:5, 6. 1953, 209:2, 3; 260:1; 261:3. RSA 282:4(N). 1955, 4:1; 141:9. 1957, 118:4, 5. 1959, 28:2, 3. 1963, 194:5. 1965, 208:3-5. 1967, 75:1; 400:8, 9. 1969, 460:6, 7. 1971, 156:20, 21, 36, 37. 1973, 446:2; 589:3, 4. 1979, 328:11. 1981, 408:3. 2005, 239:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.