New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:18 – Contractor’s Liability for Subcontractors
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:18
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contractor: means a person or organization which contracts with another to have work performed of a kind which is a regular and recurrent part of the work of the trade, business, occupation or profession of such person or organization performing the work. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Subcontractor: means a person who contracts with a contractor to perform the work described in paragraph III. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:2
A contractor who subcontracts all or any part of a contract shall bear the liability of the subcontractor of that contract for the payment of compensation under this chapter to the employees of the subcontractor, unless the subcontractor has secured the payment of compensation as provided for in this chapter. Any contractor who shall become liable for compensation under this section may recover the amount of the compensation paid and necessary expenses from the subcontractor. For the purposes of this section, a contractor shall be defined as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:2, III or as a person or organization which contracts with another to have work performed consisting of the removal, excavation or drilling of soil, rock or minerals, or the cutting or removal of timber from land and work done in connection with and in or about the area of such cutting or removal, other than the owner of the land containing such soil, rock or minerals or timber. For the purposes of this section, a subcontractor shall be defined as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:2, IV and shall include a subcontractor of a contractor as defined in this section.