New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:7 – Discharge or Discrimination for Exercise of Rights Forbidden
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I. No employer shall discharge or cause to be discharged or otherwise discipline or in any manner discriminate against any employee, prospective employee or employee representative because that person has filed any complaint or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding related to the provisions of this chapter, or has exercised any right provided in this chapter.
II. Any employee, prospective employee or employee representative who believes that he has been discharged, disciplined, or otherwise discriminated against by an employer pursuant to paragraph I shall, within 30 days of such violation, or 30 days after he first obtains knowledge of such violation, file a complaint with the commissioner of labor alleging such discrimination. Upon receipt of such a complaint, the commissioner shall conduct an investigation as he deems appropriate. If, upon investigation, the commissioner determines the allegation to have substance, he may refer the matter to the attorney general for appropriate action.
II. Any employee, prospective employee or employee representative who believes that he has been discharged, disciplined, or otherwise discriminated against by an employer pursuant to paragraph I shall, within 30 days of such violation, or 30 days after he first obtains knowledge of such violation, file a complaint with the commissioner of labor alleging such discrimination. Upon receipt of such a complaint, the commissioner shall conduct an investigation as he deems appropriate. If, upon investigation, the commissioner determines the allegation to have substance, he may refer the matter to the attorney general for appropriate action.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:7
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:3
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Employee: means any person who currently works or formerly worked, with or without compensation, in a workplace. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:3
- Employee representative: means an individual or organization to which an employee gives written authorization to exercise his rights under this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:3
- Employer: means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, the state, any political subdivision of the state, or any other entity which is engaged in a business or in providing services and which employs employees in connection with such business or services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 277-A:3
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9