New Hampshire Revised Statutes 279:28 – Penalties
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I. [Repealed.]
II. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rates applicable to such employee under the statutory minimum wage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each week in any day of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him under the statutory minimum wage and each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offense.
III. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who fails to keep the records required hereunder, or refuses to permit the commissioner or his authorized representative to enter his place of business, or fails to furnish such records to the commissioner or his authorized representative upon request shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each day of such failure to keep the records requested hereunder or to furnish the same to the commissioner or his authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.
II. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rates applicable to such employee under the statutory minimum wage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each week in any day of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him under the statutory minimum wage and each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offense.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 279:28
- Commissioner: the labor commissioner. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 279:1
- 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.
- Employee: means and includes every person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment, but shall not include any person exempted from the definition of employee as stated in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 279:1
- Employer: shall include any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, limited liability company, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 279:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
III. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who fails to keep the records required hereunder, or refuses to permit the commissioner or his authorized representative to enter his place of business, or fails to furnish such records to the commissioner or his authorized representative upon request shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each day of such failure to keep the records requested hereunder or to furnish the same to the commissioner or his authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.