Committee hears competing views on modernizing 'two‑hour' reporting pay rule
HB 10‑43 would let employers adopt written company policies that could replace the two‑hour reporting pay default; supporters said it modernizes a decades‑old statute for remote work, while opponents warned it could create inconsistent protections for workers and urged narrower changes.
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The House Commerce Committee considered HB 10‑43, which would modernize New Hampshire’s reporting‑to‑pay rule that currently requires private employers to pay a minimum of two hours when an employee reports to work at the employer’s request. Representative Brian Labrie, sponsor of the bill, said the measure gives employers and employees flexibility by allowing written company policies to govern reporting pay while preserving the two‑hour default where no policy exists.
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