New HampshireRetirement system members with weekly labor commissioner job injury awards would count full payment periods
Retirement system members awarded weekly job injury payments by the labor commissioner would have counted the full payment period toward retirement after filing proof.
What it does
Retirement system members awarded weekly job injury payments by the labor commissioner would have counted the full payment period toward retirement, including time beyond one year, after filing proof of payment.
Argument forEligible members who file proof of their payments could count time beyond one year toward retirement after a long job injury absence.
Argument againstCounting longer periods could raise retirement costs for public employers when no retirement contributions are paid during those periods.
More detail
The retirement system would have counted the full period of a member’s weekly job injury payments toward retirement service. The rule covered retirement system members awarded weekly payments by the labor commissioner for injuries caused by their work. Members would have had to file a Labor Department payment form with retirement trustees showing the first and last payment for each new, unrelated injury. If passed, the rule would have taken effect 60 days after passage.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jan 7Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 72Latest
- 2025
- Nov 5Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/30/2025 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 51 P. 10Minor
- Oct 14Executive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- Sep 18Division I Work Session: 10/02/2025 01:00 pm GP 230
- Mar 28Retained in Committee
- Mar 14Executive Session: 03/17/2025 01:15 pm LOB 210-211
- Feb 27Division I Work Session: 03/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 212
- Feb 6Referred to Finance 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 5Minor
- Feb 6Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 5
- Jan 29Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/22/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 10 P. 3Minor
- Jan 29Executive Session: 01/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- Jan 15Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- Jan 7Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 10Introduced
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