{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-275-37-e","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 275:37-e","heading":"Discrimination Based on Protective Hairstyle.","body":"No person shall be subjected to discrimination in employment because he or she wears a protective hairstyle. In this section, \"protective hairstyles\" means hairstyles or hair type, including braids, locs, tight coils or curls, corn rows, Bantu knots, Afros, twists, and head wraps. A person subjected to discrimination based on wearing a protective hairstyle shall have a private cause of action and shall be exempt from the jurisdiction of the human rights commission and the provisions of RSA 354-A. This section shall not apply to those employed by the department of corrections.","path":["Title XXIII: LABOR","Chapter 275: PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION","Discrimination in the Workplace"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXIII/275/275-37-e.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:40:33Z","sha256":"f184b340c30f5f5af948ac7d626403db9ad652b3e5c90ddbe924557af2837a15","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-275-37-d","next":"us-nh/rsa-275-37-f"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}