New Hampshire § 275-81 - Section 275:81 Reasonable Break Period.

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§ 275-81. Section 275:81 Reasonable Break Period.

I. Every employer shall provide reasonable break periods to employees who need to express milk for a child for a period of one year from the date of birth of the child. Nothing in this section shall preclude an employer from negotiating with an employee reasonable break periods to express milk that are different from the requirements in this subdivision. II. Nothing under this subdivision shall preclude an employee from taking a reasonable break period contemporaneously with break or meal periods already provided to the employee by the employer. III. An employer shall not require an employee to make up time related to use of unpaid reasonable break periods.

Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 275-81 ("Section 275:81 Reasonable Break Period.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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