New Hampshire § 282-B-3 - Section 282-B:3 Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities.

§ 282-B-3. Section 282-B:3 Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities.

I. Individuals who are employed by private employers with more than 50 employees who do not offer either FMLI coverage under the granite state paid family leave plan under RSA 21-I:99 - RSA 21-I:111 or an FMLI benefit that is at least equivalent to such coverage will have the opportunity to purchase granite state paid family leave plan coverage through the individual pool. The individual pool shall operate by payroll deduction for employees of employers with more than 50 employees whereby premiums are paid into an FMLI premium fund administered by the department as provided in this chapter and established in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services under RSA 21-I:99 through RSA 21-I:111. II. Individuals employed by employers with more than 50 employees opting into the individual pool shall be required to make their premium remittances by payroll deduction. All private employers with more than 50 employees who have employees who have individually opted into this pooled purchasing mechanism shall remit FMLI premium payments to the department in a manner as directed by the commissioner. III. Employers with fewer than 50 employees who wish to purchase FMLI coverage through the granite state paid family leave plan shall have the opportunity to purchase such coverage by making premium remittances into an FMLI premium fund administered by the department as provided in this chapter and established in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services acting pursuant to RSA 21-I:99.