Whenever any person shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the contracting person has undertaken to perform on a common site or location, he shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in the performance of work under such contract for the payment of wages, exclusive of liquidated damages, as required by RSA 275:43, 44 and 45, whenever and to the extent that the employer of such employees fails to pay such wages, and the employer of such employees shall be liable to such person for any wages paid by him under this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 275:46
Prime Contractor's Responsibility for Wage Payments
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Rdg Assoc./jorman Corp. v. Indus. Com'n (1987)
Most recently applied in Rdg Assoc./jorman Corp. v. Indus. Com'n (August 1987)
Source. 1887, 26:2
Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.