If you are unhappy with your current employer either because of compensation, a bad working relationship with your boss, or perhaps the job is either not enough or too challenging, there are a variety of things you should consider when changing jobs. Most New Hampshire employees are employees at will which under New Hampshire law means they can be fired or…
Employment agreements are not uncommon with sales personnel, executives, or other key employees and can contain critical terms as to compensation and employee benefits and restrictions when you leave your former employer. Stock options as part of the overall employment compensation in a publicly traded company may be easier to liquidate without effecting the employee’s cash flow than in a…
New Hampshire private employers are generally aware of a variety of federal and state laws as to what is an unlawful firing. However, smaller employers may not be aware of less known statutory protections for employees that prevent them from being fired for certain reasons. This article addresses some of those less known laws that provide employee job protection. Employees…
Employers obviously want, and also have a legal obligation, to take reasonable steps to keep their workplace safe. As we have seen from recent news, we live in an uncertain world where events can happen that are beyond our control, however, employers can take steps to decrease the likelihood of workplace violence. While employers often have an obligation to reasonably…
In New Hampshire, most employees are at will, which means that they or their employer can end the employment relationship with and without notice and/or with and without cause. There are exceptions based upon certain statutes that protect from firing due to class such as age, race, gender, disability, or actions, whistleblowing, or filing a legitimate worker’s compensation claim. When…
A Will is a simple estate planning tool that allows you to have control over what happens with your assets after you pass away. Without it, your estate administration is determined by the laws of the state you live in, and they don’t know you or what you want. Not a millionaire? Me neither, but I still have a Will,…
A corporation’s failure to pay employee’s wages could result in the corporate officer or its representative that makes decision personally liable even if a corporation can show that it is suffering from serious cash flow problems. New Hampshire’s Wage Statute makes a corporate officer or agent of the corporation that knowingly permits the corporation to fail to pay wages just…
On August 1, 2017, the Supreme Court answered a unique question concerning the effect of an appeal on property divisions. In the case of Breagy and Breagy, the trial court issued a Final Decree of Divorce in August 2014. The wife appealed the Decree of Divorce to the New Hampshire Supreme Court who, in July 2015, affirmed the Decree. Between…
New Hampshire employees have a duty of loyalty while they are employed by the company which generally, even absent an agreement, prevents an employee from working for a competitor or funneling potential company business to the employee’s own side business. New Hampshire also has a statute addressing trade secrets that prevents employees from misappropriating confidential information. That said, agreements between…
We all have people in our lives who go through money like it is nothing; often, the money is not used for their benefit and is wasted, or if they have a drug problem, more money can cause them direct harm. If that person is your child or even your grandchild, you might want to try and maintain a little…