Section 188-F:7 Employment; Benefits; Retirement System Status. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. Any changes to the conditions of employment, compensation, and benefits of community college system of New Hampshire employees shall be negotiated through the collective bargaining process.
   II. The community college system of New Hampshire shall, as of the effective date of this section, be considered an employer for the purposes of RSA 100-A:1, IV. Full-time employees of the community college system of New Hampshire as of the effective date of this section shall be considered employees for the purposes of RSA 100-A:1, V.
   III. Service as an employee of the community college system of New Hampshire shall be creditable service for purposes of RSA 100-A, RSA 21-I:29, RSA 21-I:30, RSA 21-I:30-a, RSA 21-I:30-b, and RSA 21-I:30-c. Any community college system of New Hampshire employee who transfers, without a break in service, to a state classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service position shall retain and transfer all leave accruals and seniority and be entitled to all the rights and benefits of a permanent employee in the classified or unclassified service of the state based on the years of creditable state service. At the time of such a transfer, the employee shall immediately begin to accrue annual and sick leave as granted at the time of the transfer by the receiving agency according to the employee's continuous years worked. Any state employee in a classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service position who transfers, without a break in service, to the community college system of New Hampshire shall retain and transfer all leave accruals and seniority and be entitled to all the rights and benefits of a permanent employee in the classified or unclassified service of the state based on the years of creditable state service. At the time of such a transfer, the employee shall immediately begin to accrue annual and sick leave as granted at the time of the transfer by the receiving agency according to the employee's continuous years worked.
   IV. Membership in the retirement system shall be optional for positions within the community college system of New Hampshire for which participation was optional as of June 30, 2007, and for such other positions within the community college system of New Hampshire as may be designated by the board of trustees.

Source. 2007, 361:2, eff. July 17, 2007.