To inform employees of their rights and remedies available pursuant to New Hampshire law, the state requires employers to post in conspicuous areas within their place of employment the following mandatory labor law posters: Workers’ Compensation Law (obtain from insurance carrier) Protective Legislation Law Criteria… Read More

Effective July 11, 2017, employers will no longer need to seek approval from the NH Department of Labor if they wish to pay employees on a bi-weekly basis instead of weekly.  HB 194 amended RSA 275:43 to change the required payment of wages from “within 8 days including Sunday after… Read More

New York State is leading the way by implementing the country’s strongest and most comprehensive Paid Family Leave policy.  While the ability for employees to take Paid Family Leave does not become available until January 1, 2018, employers will begin deducting this expense from employee pay starting July 1st. Read More

Do you frequently find yourself wanting to nominate certain employees for an Emmy, or better yet, a Razzie when they attempt to portray themselves as being at death’s door with a cold in order to miss a day of work when they have used up vacation and/or personal days?  Sick… Read More

On Tuesday, April 18th, the Justice Department issued a strong reminder to warn employers of the significant consequences that come with willful failure to comply with all Federal Employment Tax Laws.  The Justice Department takes such violations very seriously, as indicated by the title of their… Read More

Like many employers, you obtained your federal and state labor law posters and hung them in the employee break room and assumed you met the requirements.  In many instances, you may not be in compliance and your company could be subjected to fines and other penalties.  What may seem like… Read More

Most companies exist for a specific reason – because they are uniquely able to produce a product or deliver a service that there is demand for. As business evolves, new industries are created when the market demand for a service is broad enough to motivate one or more companies to… Read More

Most people are honest individuals who do, on occasion, forget to punch in before jumping into their to-do list for the day or who may potentially encounter a technical issue with a time-tracking system.  Unfortunately; however, there are those select few who conveniently “forget” to clock in as a way… Read More

Last Thursday, the US Department of Labor filed a motion for an expedited briefing of its appeal of the injunction that was put in place to prevent the new overtime rules from going into effect, which were scheduled to become effective on December 1, 2016. As a reminder, earlier this… Read More

Earlier this year, the US DOL issued new regulations, effectively doubling (from $455 per week to $913 per week) the wage threshold at which an employee might be considered exempt from the Overtime rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Last week, a Federal judge in Texas issued an injunction,… Read More