Severance agreements one year after McLaren
Gray areas surround case decision that reaffirmed employers may not offer employees severance agreements that require employees to waive their rights under the NLRA
Author: Beth A. Deragon
Employment and state pregnancy leave requirements
What New Hampshire law says about providing leave to employees
Hiring and documentation
Take time to know the DOL requirements when taking on a new employee
Top labor law violations: Are you in compliance?
New year brings new opportunity to revisit pay, recordkeeping practices
Struggling to keep up with employee vacation time?
The terms and conditions of paid time off are completely within an employer’s control
Hiring an employee? Here are some things to remember
A range of filings, notifications are required under state regulations
Baby, it’s cold outside
What are an employer’s obligations during weather-related business disruptions?
Overtime ruling fallout
Can you just pay all employees a salary and be done with it?
How new overtime rules affect NH employers
Companies must comply with new regulation on Dec. 1
Why define an ‘employee’?
House bill seeks to level the playing field in determining misclassification
Can a company ban tattoos at work?
The answer is not as clearly drawn as an employer might like
N.H. businesses should beware the minefield of independent contractor tests
In September 2010, Gov. John Lynch created the Joint Agency Task Force on Employee Misclassification Enforcement. Its goal is to ensure that New Hampshire businesses pay their fair share to operate in the state, including payments based on the correct…
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Small modular reactors may reshape energy field
Rising energy demand, driven in part by the needs of data centers, AI infrastructure, and other energy-intensive end-users, is accelerating interest in small modular reactors (SMRs), both in New Hampshire and nationally, as a source of reliable, carbon-free power to…
In reversal, Hantz Marconi to no longer hear cases as NH Supreme Court justice
New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi will no longer take part in cases before the state’s highest court, telling her colleagues on the bench that she will instead focus on administrative tasks until she reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in February.
Cultural integration: the key to M&A success
The post-closing process of integrating the acquired business, its employees, customers and systems into the buyer’s operations is critically important to future performance.
Q&A: Managing partner, Law Offices of Nicole M. Bluefort
The Law Offices of Nicole Bluefort aims to fill a niche the attorney says is underserved in New Hampshire: serving people of color.
NH delegation: Trump has no authority on tariffs
New Hampshire’s four Democratic members of Congress have signed on to an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that argues President Donald Trump exceeds his authority by unilaterally imposing tariffs.
Taylor Caswell joins Bernstein Shur as consultant
Former state economic commissioner Taylor Caswell has joined Bernstein Shur as managing director of economic solutions, a new offering within the firm’s government and public affairs practice group, the law firm announced Monday.
Stretching the IRA in a post–SECURE Act 2.0 world: special rules for disabled beneficiaries
For families navigating both retirement planning and long-term care, the life-expectancy exception offers a powerful opportunity to preserve wealth across generations.
Political expression
Managing political speech in the workplace
Newport firm closes amid alleged embezzlement
Relax & Co., which provided an array of services to property owners in the Lake Sunapee area, had already been forced to lay off workers earlier this month.
