When employees resign or are fired from employment, that is often the time that they may challenge their prior compensation or benefits, whether out of spite, greed or often because there is ambiguity. It is important to put employment terms in writing. Under New Hampshire Wage and Hour laws, all employment compensation and benefits must be in writing and provided to the employee.  ... more

New Hampshire follows the employee-at-will doctrine which means that an employee can be fired with or without cause and with or without notice unless the employer fires the employee due to his or her protected class or for doing a certain protected activity under statute.  For example, under state and federal law, employees cannot be fired because of their race, gender, or ... more

We are weeks away from the presidential election.  There is a lot in 2020 to have a political opinion about; whether it is POTUS, his opponent, the pandemic, healthcare, immigration, or other topics. You do not have a constitutional right of freedom of speech in the private workplace. The First Amendment restricts to a degree the government's regulates your speech but does ... more

Recent changes in estate tax laws have caused many couples to review the appropriateness of their estate plan. The most significant change is the substantial increase to the Federal Estate Tax Exemption. The new exemption is $11.2 million per taxpayer, adjusted annually for inflation. Many estate plans using the A/B (Marital/Family) trusts as an estate tax avoidance tool were ... more

The recently enacted SECURE Act has made changes to the laws affecting retirement accounts, which are both good and bad for taxpayers. In this blog I will cover the highlights of the negative changes for taxpayers. The biggest “bad” change imposed by the SECURE Act, is the attempt to close-down or at least minimize the advantages of Inherited “stretch” IRAs and Dynasty ... more