New Hampshire Minimum Wage & Independent Contractor Posters

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA cove and townscape.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA cove and townscape.

See what’s new for your 2008 labor law posters.

The New Hampshire Department of Labor has new requirements for youth employment and additional criteria that must be met before a person is considered exempt from being an “employee”.

 

What’s changed?  

  • Minimum wage poster. now states that a written document for parents of a 16 or 17-year-old employee shall be on file at a worksite prior to the first day of employment.
    • The previous New Hampshire labor law poster stated only that an employer “maintains” such documentation.
    • An added provision that written parental permission for employment is not needed for any 16 or 17-year-old youth who has graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma.
  • Independent Contractor poster. The Criteria to Establish an Employee or Independent Contractor poster has also been revised to include a number of new requirements for anyone to be considered exempt from the definition of “employee” as set by New Hampshire labor statutes.
    • Persons who provide services as part of residential placement for anyone with certain disabilities have been added to a list of those considered exempt from the definition of an employee.
    • 7 new items have also been added to the list of criteria, all of which must be met for a person to be exempt from the definition of “employee” in New Hampshire.

The revised New Hampshire labor law poster is now available at Poster Compliance Center, postercompliance.com.