Regulatory Poster Requirements for Businesses Operating in the State of New Hampshire (NH)

September 11th, 2006 Posted by Hannah

In New Hampshire, posters outlining the state and federal labor laws must be posted in the state’s workplaces.  It’s the employer’s responsibility to make sure these posters are available to the employees, so employers need to place them in visible areas where all of the employees have access.  Some possible places are employee work rooms, break rooms or mail rooms – anywhere the employees tend to gather or visit on a regular basis.  Furthermore, employers also need to make sure the New Hampshire posters they have posted are the ones that have the most current laws on them – this is especially important because labor laws can change annually.

These posting regulations are meant to benefit the employees, but the New Hampshire posters do have benefits for the employers as well.  This is where employees get the information they need to know their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.  The posters also provide the appropriate contact information for such cases when employees need to file complaints against their employers for possible violations to labor and employment laws.  Employers also benefit from New Hampshire posters because they can use them as a reference so that they know exactly what they need to do to make sure they are upholding the labor and employment laws that apply to them.  They can also use the New Hampshire posters to help them if they have questions about specific laws such as what exactly they need to do to follow the minimum wage law.

The New Hampshire posters need to have both state and federal laws on them.  The state laws that New Hampshire employers should have posted are those concerning vacation shutdown, Right to Know, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, protective legislation, discrimination and minimum wage.  The federal laws that should be posted are USERRA – Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law, Federal Minimum Wage, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Family and Medical Leave Act and OSHA – Job Safety and Health Protection.

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