In this subdivision:
I. “Employee” shall mean a person who may be permitted, required, or directed by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, but shall not include any individual who volunteers services for a public, charitable, or religious facility without expectation or promise of pay.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 275:78

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

II. “Employer” shall mean a person, partnership, association, corporation, or legal representative of a person, partnership, association, or corporation, or the state or any of its political subdivisions, which has 6 or more employees working in the state.
III. “Expression of milk” means the initiation of lactation by manual or mechanical means, but shall not include breastfeeding.
IV. “Reasonable break period” shall mean an unpaid break of approximately 30 minutes for every 3 hours of work performed by a nursing employee for the purpose of expressing milk.
V. “Undue hardship” shall mean any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its financial resources and the nature and structure of its operation.