Find the information you need at a glance with this handy, expertly organized and indexed desktop guide to state and federal laws and regulations governing all aspects of the employer-employee relationship in New Hampshire. This guide includes coverage of topics like hiring, termination and retirement. Concise, to-the-point explanations of relevant statutes, cases, and current practices make it a perfect first-level research tool for general practice attorneys, human resource professionals, and specialist labor and employment lawyers.
Chapter 1 Hiring
Chapter 2 Hours of Work and Payment of Wages
Chapter 3 Health and Safety Standards
Chapter 4 Employment Discrimination Laws
Chapter 5 Sexual Harassment
Chapter 6 Performance Appraisal, Progressive Discipline, and Personnel Files
Chapter 7 Employee Privacy
Chapter 8 Defamation and the Employment Relationship
Chapter 9 Labor Relations, Union Organizing, Collective Bargaining, and Strikes
Chapter 10 Employer Liability for Employees' Acts
Chapter 11 Health Care, Insurance, and Family Leave
Chapter 12 Employee Disability, Death and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 13 Employee Retirement Benefits
Chapter 14 Termination of Employment
Chapter 15 Plant Closing and Mass Layoffs
Chapter 16 Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 17 The Management Audit - A Preventive Tool
Appendices
Appendix A: Request for Payment of Wages Other than Weekly
Appendix B: Guide to Preemployment Inquiries
Appendix C: Employee Access to Personnel Records
Appendix D: The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
Appendix E: New Hampshire Employment Notices
Appendix F: New Hampshire Employer¿s Child Labor Forms
Appendix G: Important Information for Employers of Minors
Appendix H: New Hampshire Workers¿ Compensation Task Analysis Form
Appendix I: ADA Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations
Appendix K: New Hampshire Safety Program Forms and Instructions
Appendix L: A Guide to the Wages Adjustment and Civil Penalty Hearing Process
Appendix M: A Guide to the Whistleblowers¿ and Wage Claim Hearing Process
Appendix N: New Hampshire Department of Labor Application for Employment of Disabled Persons
Appendix O: New Hampshire Worker¿s Right to Know Law Notice
Appendix P: Criminal Record Release Authorization Form
Index
Hirsch, Jeffrey L.
JEFFREY L. HIRSCH
PARTNER, HIRSCH ROBERTS WEINSTEIN LLP
mailto:jhirsch@hrwlawyers.com
2 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 348 4315
Jeff Hirsch is a founding partner of the boutique law firm of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP which focuses on litigation, labor and employment. He deals extensively in all areas of labor and employment law. This includes representing both union and nonunion employers in matters such as union organizing campaigns, labor negotiations labor arbitration, wrongful discharge, and sexual harassment cases. He has appeared before the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, and other related organizations. Mr. Hirsch was appointed by the governor in 1995 to the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and continues to serve.
In 2005, Mr. Hirsch was elected a Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, which is a non profit professional association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide in the practice of labor and employment law. Membership to the College is by invitation only reserved for those who have the highest level of character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership. Mr. Hirsch, who is ranked by both Chambers USA and the "Best Lawyers in America" as one of the top labor and employment lawyers in Massachusetts, has lectured and written extensively on employment topics. His books include Labor and Employment in Massachusetts, Labor and Employment in Connecticut, Labor and Employment in New Hampshire, Labor and Employment in Rhode Island, and the Occupational Safety and Health Handbook, all published by LEXIS NEXIS. His books are used by thousands of lawyers, human resources professionals, and managers. Since 2001, Mr. Hirsch has served on the editorial board for Bender's Labor and Employment Bulletin, a national publication covering the full scope of labor and employment law issues.
Mr. Hirsch received his B.S. from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and his J.D. from Boston University. He taught in Boston University's M.B.A. program and is a Fellow in the school's Human Resource Policy Institute.
Andrea K. Johnstone
Andrea K. Frankstone is a partner in the firm of Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.A., Concord, New Hampshire, where she practices labor and employment law. Ms. Johnstone represents clients in a wide range of employment-related issues, including the development and enforcement of personnel policies, compliance with federal and state employment laws, union relations and employment litigation involving wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, and other claims arising out of the employer/employee relationship. She practices in both state and federal courts and before the U.S. and New Hampshire Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, National Labor Relations Board, and Public Employee Labor Relations Board.
Ms. Johnstone is a former vice president of Professional Issues of the National Human Resources Association and frequently speaks to human resource professionals and others on state and federal employment law issues. She is a nationally published author on employment law and provides an employment law column to several trade association journals including the "Business and Industry Association Labor and Employment Law Update."
Ms. Johnstone graduated cum laude from Wheaton College and Hofstra University School of Law. Prior to joining Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, she served as Judicial Law Clerk with the New Hampshire Superior Court.