Ramblings of an Employer's Lawyer

The nice folks at the New Hampshire Department of Labor provided this list of the Top Ten most common violations in 2007, based on violations noted on inspector's reports. Needless to say, the investigators are pretty good at finding (and fining!!) the violations on this list. How does your workplace measure up??

1. Failure to provide written notice to employees of their wage rate, pay period, pay day and a description of fringe benefits, including any changes.
RSA 275:49 and Lab 803.04

2. Employing Illegal Aliens (without proper documentation)
RSA 275-A:4-a

3. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
RSA 275:42 and Lab 803.01

4. Failure to keep accurate record of all time worked.
RSA 279:27 and Lab 803.04

5. Failure to compensate employees who take work breaks that are shorter than 20 minutes in duration.
RSA 275:43 and Lab 803.05

6. Failure to pay wages by automatically deducting for lunch periods not taken.
RSA 275:43 and Lab 803.05 1.

7. Failure to pay 2 hours minimum pay at their regular rate of pay on a given day that an employee reports to work at the request of the employer.
RSA 275:48 and Lab 803.03

8. Illegal deductions from wages
RSA 275:48 and Lab 803.03

9. Failure to pay employees final wages, in full, when due.
RSA 275:44 and Lab 803.02

10. Illegal employment of workers under 18 (not having proper paperwork, hours violations, or working in a hazardous environment)
RSA 276-A and Lab 1002.01-1003.01

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# posted by Jennifer Sawyer Norvell @ 10:39