New Hampshire Disability Discrimination Law – 1st in the Nation On May 7, 2015, New Hampshire became the first state in the nation to pass legislation prohibiting employers from paying sub minimum wage to individuals with disabilities. The passage of this legislation changed law that had been in place for decades and allowed this practice.
Individual Liability for Corporate Acts in New Hampshire If you are an employee whose wages are overdue or a family member of friend are an officer of a corporation in New Hampshire or Massachusetts, you should be aware of your potential personal responsibility and liability for debts that the company may owe.
Town Employment or Municipal Employment In many instances, public employees in New Hampshire have different rights and responsibilities than individuals employed by private businesses in the private sector. They may, for example, be a member of a collective bargaining unit which has defined obligations regarding the filing of employee grievances. Moreover, even if not a member of the union, a city or…
Turn on your lights with your wipers Effective April 6, 2015 Massachusetts now requires that drivers turn on their front and rear motor vehicle lights in all of the following conditions:
No Hand-held cell phones while driving in New Hampshire Effective July 1, 2015 hand-held cell phones while driving in New Hampshire are banned. The law applies while “driving” which, it is important to note, includes when “temporarily halted in traffic” such as when at a light or obeying a similar traffic control device. It also “presumes” that a driver who…
Rules of the Road New Hampshire and the Duty to Yield Rules of the Road New Hampshire include the duty to yield. There are at least three clear instances when it applies. Drivers breach this duty, a lot. This is what happened on April 3, 2015 on Dover Point Road in Dover New Hampshire when a car failed to…
Employee claims against employer and whether the exclusive remedy provision of the workers compensation statute barred them is the issue the New Hampshire federal court recently addressed in a case involving Wal-Mart.
Real estate easement rights in New Hampshire is an issue the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently addressed in the context of property rights arising from the subdivision of a 400 acre parcel of land in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. Restrictive covenants that were part of the subdivision were not uniform across all lots. Issues involving easements and the use of a…
Injury at work – covered by workers compensation insurance if risks from work are “substantial contributing factor to injury” Injury at work, is it covered by workers compensation insurance when several different causes? This is the question that the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently answered in Appeal of Brandon Kelly.
Structural Defects in Home Construction Causing Mold The defendants built a house in 2004. Four years later, the plaintiffs purchased it. Shortly before their purchase, the plaintiffs visited the house several times and had it inspected; neither the plaintiffs nor the home inspector observed mold in the house. Nonetheless, in June 2009, after living in the house for several months, the plaintiffs…