Personnel Resources
Listed below are some human resource-related websites that members may find helpful. LGC provides this list as a resource and endeavors to keep this list current, however, website links may change over time. Visit the Association of NH Public Employer Human Resource Administrators, an LGC Affiliate Group, for more resources of interest to human resource professionals.
Required Forms and Posters
I-9 Form, Employment Eligibility Verification
All employers are required to have all new hires complete an I-9 form and provide specific documents verifying that the employee is eligible to work in the United States.
Labor Law Postings (New Hampshire)
The New Hampshire State Legislature mandates that in every work place, employers must post certain notices concerning employees’ rights and remedies that are available to workers in the State. Free federal labor law posters may be obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor website.
New Hire Reporting
All employers providing employment in the State of New Hampshire are required to report certain information on each newly hired or rehired employees, as well as certain independent contractors, to the New Hampshire Employment Security. New Hire Reports must be filed with NHES within 20 days of the date of hire of an employee; download the New Hire Reporting Form (PDF).
W-4 Form, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate
All employers are required to have each new employee complete a Form W-4 in order to know how much federal income tax to withhold from the employee’s pay. If an employee does not submit a W-4, employers are required to withhold income tax from his/her wages as if the employee is single with zero allowances.
Other State and Federal Government Websites
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This site, which has guides and information particular to local governments, provides information and technical assistance on the ADA. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's comprehensive guide on applying performance and conduct standards to employees with disabilities can be found here.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
The CPI provides a statistical measure of the average change in prices in a fixed market basket of goods and services. This CPI is particular to the Northeast Region of the country. Note: Although the CPI is frequently called a “cost-of-living” index, it is not a complete cost-of-living measure.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division
All employers must comply with the FLSA, which outlines the federal minimum wage and overtime pay. The FLSA website outlines laws and regulations. Download a fact sheet to determine whether or not an employee is exempt from the FLSA.
The New Hampshire Wage and Hour District Office at 866.487.9243; the New Hampshire Department of Labor (DOL) at 603.271.6294 or 603.271.1492 may also be contacted for FLSA information. Visit the DOL website to sign up for e-mail alerts.
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
U.S. Department of Labor
Under the FMLA, a city or town is considered a single employer and is covered by FMLA regardless of its number of employees. Public as well as private elementary and secondary schools are also covered employers without regard to the number of employees employed. The complete FMLA law and regulations can be found on the DOL website (linked above). Required forms and resources can be found on the FMLA Compliance Assistance web page.
New Hampshire Human Rights Commission
The New Hampshire Human Rights Commission has the power to receive, investigate and pass upon complaints of illegal discrimination in employment, public accommodations and the sale or rental of housing or commercial property, because of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability or national origin.
New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB)
The PELRB's administrative and adjudicatory functions include certifying bargaining units of employees; hearing and adjudicating charges of unfair labor practices; assisting the parties in the course of collective negotiations; and serving as a central repository for collective bargaining agreements between public employers and their employees and other data related to negotiations.
Unemployment Rate
The New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
provides updated unemployment rate information.
Employment Newsletters
Devine Millimet and Branch P.A. publishes a weekly PDF newsletter pertaining to employment law issues, and is pleased to make this information available to LGC members. Recent newsletters of interest to New Hampshire municipalities are posted below:
- Benefits fundamentals: A refresher on 457 plans
- No protection under FMLA from performance issues discovered while on leave
- Federal Health Care Reform: Nursing mothers in the workplace
- The new Health Care Act: A first look
- Common scents in the workplace
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide legitimacy of understaffed NLRB
- Substantial verdict awarded against employer: reemployment following military service
- Stepped up scrutiny of classifying individuals as independent contractors
- Devil in the details: COBRA coverage denied to former spouse
- Having children or other care-giving responsibilities as a protected class?
- Legislature considers bill prohibiting bullying in the workplace
- EEOC report on charge statistics shows continued rise in retaliation claims
- Employer rights and responsibilities for employee social networking postings
- Defense Appropriations Act extends COBRA subsidy rules into 2010