HB 1051 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2369
12/05
HOUSE BILL 1051
AN ACT relative to prohibiting certain deductions from wages of restaurant employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits wages being docked from restaurant staff when a patron leaves without paying.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2369
12/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to prohibiting certain deductions from wages of restaurant employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Withholding of Wages. Amend RSA 275:48 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. No employer shall withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages because a restaurant customer left the restaurant without paying their bill.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.