New Hampshire Amends Equal Pay Law: Employment Law Manual Updated

Authors: Beth P. Zoller, Marta Moakley and Melissa A. Silver, XpertHR Legal Editors

New Hampshire recently enacted the Paycheck Fairness Act, making significant amendments to New Hampshire law that will:

• Prohibit employers from discriminating or retaliating against employees who disclose their wages;
• Extend from one year to three years the statute of limitations for an individual to file an equal pay action; and
• Require employers to post notices about employees' equal pay rights.

The amendments take effect January 1, 2015.

In light of these developments, the New Hampshire EEO - Discrimination, EEO - Retaliation, Terms of Employment, Employee Discipline and Employee Communications sections of the Employment Law Manual have been updated.