Section Emp 402.01 - Form, Dishonored and Application(a) Contributions and other debts due the department shall be due and paid in the currency of the United States, by United States Postal money order, or by check drawn on a bank located in the United States. Any cost of exchange or clearance of any check used for the payment of contributions shall be charged against the employer's account and collected from such employer.(b) Pursuant to RSA 6:11-a, for every check, draft, or money order tendered to the department of employment security for any purpose which is returned as uncollectible, there shall be added, in addition to all protest, bank fees, or other charges, a fee of $25 or 5 percent of the face amount of the check, whichever is the greater.(c) Fees and charges shall be waived if the commissioner finds that the fees and charges: (1) Would result in hardship if collected;(2) Remain due on an account on which the principal balance has been paid and collection would not be cost effective; or(3) Should be waived for other reasons where collection of fees and charges would be inequitable or inefficient.(d) All payments received on an outstanding debt for "contribution" as defined in RSA 282-A:152, or credits due the debtors, shall be credited to that portion of the debt which has been outstanding for the longest time including interest, fees, cost, and other charges added thereto by law.(e) All payments received on an outstanding benefit overpayment and related fees, fines, and court costs shall be applied in the following order: (1) Reimbursable employers not previously credited, in order of earliest collection expiration date, until all reimbursable employers are satisfied;(2) The unemployment compensation fund established byRSA 282-A:103, in order of earliest collection expiration date, until all such amounts are satisfied;(3) Federal benefit fund overpayments, in order of earliest collection expiration date, until all such amounts are satisfied;(4) Interest owing on the overpayment pursuant to RSA 282-A:141 and RSA 282-A:165,II; and(5) Any fees, fines, and court costs.N.H. Admin. Code § Emp 402.01
#2234, eff 1-1-83; amd by #2444, eff 8-10-83; ss by #2930, eff 12-21-84, EXPIRED: 12-21-90
New. #5148, eff 5-6-91; ss by #6504, INTERIM, eff 5-5-97, EXPIRED: 9-2-97; ss by #6566, eff 9-2-97, EXPIRED: 9-2-05
New. #8470, INTERIM, eff 11-1-05, EXPIRED: 4-30-06
New. #8625, eff 5-6-06; ss by #9528, eff 8-17-09
Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 32, Filed August 9, 2018, Proposed by #12588, Effective 7/23/2018, Expires 7/23/2028.