New Hampshire Petition for Wages and Claims for Wrongful Termination

Separation pay (including severance, vacation, holiday, sick, bonus, etc.), is disqualifying in New Hampshire. You can not be paid unemployment benefits for a week in which you received or expect to receive a week of separation pay.

To be wrongfully terminated is to be fired for an illegal reason, which may involve violation of federal anti-discrimination laws or a contractual breach.For instance, an employee cannot be fired on the basis of her race, gender, ethnic background, religion, or disability.

New Hampshire employees who do not have contracts for a period of time and who are not in a union are at-will employees. That means the employee can be fired at any time for any reason, but there are two exceptions to this rule. First, an at-will employee cannot be fired for a discriminatory reason.

Employees who usually work more than 35 hours per week (at all jobs within an establishment) regardless of the number of hours actually worked. Persons who were at work for 35 hours or more during the survey reference week are designated as working full time.

The current minimum wage in New Hampshire is $7.25. It is set to be the same as the federal rate. The minimum wage for tipped employees is $3.27. Employers are not allowed to require employees to participate in a tip pooling or sharing agreement.

The average weekly hours over the period must not exceed: 2022 for a full-time employee, 38 hours or 2022 for an employee other than a full-time employee, the lesser of: 38 hours the employee's ordinary hours of work in a week.

Sexual Harassment and/or a Hostile Work Environment. Race Discrimination. Retaliation Over Workers' Compensation Claims. Violations Of The Family And Medical Leave Act (Fmla) Wage And Hour Violations. Whistleblower Retaliation.

Under New Hampshire law, an employer must grant a thirty minute meal break to any employee who works more than five consecutive hours unless it is feasible for the employee to eat during the performance of his or her work and the employer permits the employee to do so.