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The New Hampshire Department of Labor in Concord has issued an employer alert regarding direct deposit.

The New Hampshire Department of Labor has received a number of complaints that employers are requiring direct deposit and/or pay cards for payroll. This is not legal, under New Hampshire law. Every employer must offer a check for payment of wages at no cost to the employee, if requested. In addition, the check must be on a financial institution convenient to the place of employment. Employees must be able to cash their paychecks and receive the full amount of payment due. In other words, the nearby financial institution may not charge a fee for cashing the checks.

New Hampshire employers may opt to offer direct deposit and authorized pay cards as payment. However, they cannot require that employees use one of these payment methods. Every employee is entitled to payment by payroll check, if he or she prefers.

Under RS 275:43, employers must pay workers in cash. An acceptable alternative is a payroll check drawn on a nearby bank, or a (more…)

Under section 202-j of the New York Labor Laws, employers are required to give workers up to 3 hours of unpaid leave, each year, for off-premises blood donation, or to hold blood drives at work. Employees must be permitted to take the time off during their regularly scheduled hours, without negative action by the employer or job repercussions. Blood donation leave cannot be carried over, so employees who fail to use the leave in 2008 are not entitled to 6 hours of unpaid leave in 2009.

This New York Employee Blood Donation Leave law is enforced by the New York Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards.

Any additional time that employees may request for blood donation leave (more…)