New Hampshire law: Mandatory paid sick leave

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New Hampshire (NH) Legislature starts 2010 session by taking care of bills left over from 2009

As New Hampshire lawmakers convene their 2010 session, they start with some leftover business including bills that would legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill, mandate paid sick leave for all but the smallest employers, and ensure the state has the earliest presidential primary.

Still, two high-profile bills studied over the fall — assisted suicide and mandatory paid sick leave — aren't likely to make it out of the House this year. The chamber's Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee is recommending studying a measure that would require employers with 15 or more workers to provide three paid sick days for workers with the company at least six months. The time would accrue at one hour per 30 hours worked. In its report to the House, the committee said employers were already financially stressed by the recession to pay the sick leave.

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