Harassment is one of the most frequent complaints brought by employees. Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission identified its priorities for 2013 in a new Strategic Enforcement Plan. Preventing
Q. Recently my small business has been tarnished by a series of unfair reviews posted online by anonymous “reviewers.” Do I have legal recourse? A. You describe a problem that
Employers routinely provide their employees with smartphones, laptops, or company cars to conduct company business. To improve efficiency and to confirm employees are performing work-related activities using such company property,
Q. When John, an employee of New Hampshire company Acme, Inc., quit to take a new job elsewhere, Acme paid him wages through his last day at work. Now, John
Q: I own a chain of restaurants throughout New Hampshire and have recently received numerous complaints about my servers baring tattoos and piercings. Is it legal for me to have
As the Clean Water Act celebrates its 40th anniversary, it has ignited a controversy in New Hampshire with potentially hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. In the law’s early
Published in the New Hampshire Bar News: New Hampshire’s Consumer Protection Act, RSA 358-A, is a potentially powerful tool for business litigators considering claims for wrongful business practices. Given its
RSA 275:70 states as follows: “Prior to or concurrent with making an offer of change in job classification or an offer of employment, every employer shall provide a copy of
Alice, a vice president, wants to use an outside credit agency to help with background checks for applicants as the checking of references has become too time-consuming for the company.
Published in the Portsmouth Herald A Business Imperative for 2013 The protection of your customers’ and employees’ personal information remains a top priority to, well, your customers and employees. Therefore,
Published in the Portsmouth Herald Each year the NHDOL issues a list of the top ten violations inspectors find in wage and hour audits, and every year the lists are
Published in the Concord Chamber In 2011, the New Hampshire Department of Labor (DOL) awarded almost one million dollars to employees for violations of state wage and hour laws and
Q. I recently read about rumors that actor Bruce Willis is looking to sue Apple after learning that he cannot pass on his iTunes collection to his children after his
Q: My son has played hockey for several years with the same group of kids. Recently, the parents decided to organize an AAU team. What issues should we look out
Q: My company’s sales representatives are issued cars strictly for use on sales calls and other work-related events. I believe one of my employees is violating this policy, using the
Featured in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly The recent decision in Liberty Bay Credit Union v. Belforte underscores the ongoing debate surrounding the exemption of student loans from discharge in bankruptcy as