Section 282-A:85 Standard Rate and Qualification for Reduced Merit Rate. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. The standard contribution rate as required by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act shall be 5.4 percent.
   II. No employer shall be entitled to a reduced merit rate under RSA 282-A:87, I for any fiscal year unless, as of April 30 preceding said fiscal year, the employer has properly and duly submitted reports and contributions required and previously due under the provisions of this chapter.
   III. No employer assigned an earned rate under RSA 282-A:87, II or II-a shall be assigned a rate less than the maximum in that paragraph for any fiscal year effective with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, unless as of April 30 preceding said fiscal year the employer has properly and duly submitted reports and contributions previously due under this chapter.

Source. 1937. 178:1. 1939, 138:14-17. 1941, 103:24-30. RL 218:6. 1943, 178:1. 1945, 138:13, 16. 1947, 59:16. 1949, 251:2. 1951, 36:3, 4, 6; 142:1-6. 1953, 209:5, 6. RSA 282:6(D)(7). 1955, 7:3; 141:12-14. 1957, 118:7; 313:4. 1961, 88:17-23, 27-29. 1963, 194:6-8. 1965, 208:8, 9. 1967, 75:3; 400:6. 1969, 460:11-19. 1971, 156:24-29. 1977, 424:5. 1981, 408:3. 1985, 340:10. 1991, 311:9. 1995, 249:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2009, 321:11, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.