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RSA 282-A:79 · Merit Rating

Title: LABOR
Chapter: 282-A · UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Status: current
Official source linked: Yes

Official source

282-A:79 Merit Rating. –
The commissioner shall classify employers for each calendar year in accordance with their actual experience in the payment of contributions on their own behalf and with respect to benefits charged against their accounts, with a view to fixing such contribution rates as will reflect such experience, such rate to become effective with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1951, and on each succeeding fiscal year beginning on July 1 thereafter.
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)(1). 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. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.

Source note

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)(1). 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. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.

Source history

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)(1)
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
1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981

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