US Jurisdictions

New Hampshire

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  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Preemployment Screening and Testing: New Hampshire

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of New Hampshire laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Negligent Hiring: New Hampshire

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of New Hampshire law regarding employer liability for negligent hiring and negligent retention. It discusses how to minimize the risk of negligent hiring and retention claims through various forms of screening and covers legal limitations on these screening methods.

  • Type:
    Legal Timetable

    New Hampshire Employers Required to Provide Copies of Noncompete and Nonprivacy Agreements to Employees

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Health Care Continuation (COBRA): New Hampshire

    New Hampshire law requires covered employers to provide eligible employees and dependents the option of continuing health care coverage under certain circumstances. This guide helps HR professionals understand requirements related to continued health care coverage.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    The Unionization Process: New Hampshire

    This guide provides an overview of laws relevant to the unionization process in New Hampshire. It includes information on the state's right-to-work status, the requirement for employers to disclose ongoing labor disputes in job advertisements and the prohibition on hiring professional strikebreakers.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Taxation of Employee Benefits: New Hampshire

    This guide provides HR and payroll professionals with compliance guidance regarding the tax treatment in New Hampshire of salary deferrals to IRC § 125 cafeteria plans and § 401(k) plans.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Overtime: New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's wage and hour law requires covered employers to pay nonexempt employees overtime for every hour worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. This guide provides an in-depth review of New Hampshire employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to this law.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Independent Contractors: New Hampshire

    New Hampshire generally applies a seven-factor test to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under its whistleblower law, minimum wage law and workers' compensation law. This guide provides an in-depth review of New Hampshire employment law requirements with respect to independent contractors.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    HR Management: New Hampshire

    This guide covers New Hampshire law regarding employee personnel file access.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Jury Duty: New Hampshire

    This guide provides an overview of New Hampshire law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service, and employee remedies for employer discrimination or retaliation with respect to jury service.

New Hampshire at a Glance

New Hampshire Employment Law Guide

At-Will, Contracts and Restrictive Covenants

EEO

Employee Benefits

Employee Leaves

Employee Management

HR Strategy, Management and the Law

Labor Relations

Organizational Exit

Payroll

Recruiting and Hiring

Risk Management - Health, Safety, Security

Types of Employers and Workers

Wage and Hour