New Hampshire Equal Pay Poster Required

Inspection Division	  	 	 	Rudolph W. Ogden, III	 	 	Ken Merrifield	 	
PO Box 2076	  	 	 	 	Deputy 	Commissioner	 	 	Commissioner	 	
Concord NH  03302	-2076	 	
Telephone 	– (603) 271	-1492 & 271	-3176	 	
 
 	
Rev 	06	/25	/18 	
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	 	
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	 	
 	
EQUAL PAY 	 	
RSA 275:37	 	
 
It is illegal in New Hampshire under both state and federal law to pay employees different wages for the same 	
work based solely on sex. If you think that your employer has violated this pr	ovision, please contact the 	 	
New Hampshire Department of Labor	, 95 Pleasant St, Concord, NH 03301	 	
 	
Phone: (603) 	271	-1492, 271	-6294, or 	271	-3176	 	
Fax: (603) 271	-2668	 	
Email: 	[email protected]	 	
 	
You may fil	e a wage claim by downloading the form at:	 	
http://www.nh.gov/labor/documents/wage	-claim.pdf	 	
 	
The full text of RSA 275:37 Equal Pay can be found at this link:	 	
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/275/275	-37.htm	 	
RSA 275:38	-a Non	-Retaliation Provisio	n.  No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate 	
against any employee because 	they invoke the	ir rights under this statute, including filing	 charge	s or 	
complaint	s, or 	caus	ing	 any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under or related to this subdivision, or 	
has testified or is planning to testify or has assisted or participated in any manne	r in any such investigation, 	
proceeding, hearing, or action	 or has i	nquired about, discussed, or disclosed his or her wages or those of 	
another employee.	 	
This section shall not apply to any employee who has access to the wage information of other employees	 as a 	
part of such employee’s essential job functions who discloses the wages of such other employees to 
individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a 
complaint or charge or in furtherance of a	n investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under RSA 275:41	-a 	
including an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
rights of an employee provided under any other provision of law.	 	
RSA 275:41	-b P	ay Disclosure.	 No employer shall require 	that an employee refrain from disclosing the 	
amount of his or her wages	 or 	sign a waiver or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to 	
disclose the amount of his or her wages, salary, or paid ben	efits	, as a condition of employment	.  No employer 	
shall discharge, formally discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee who discloses the amount 
of his or her wages, salary, or paid benefits.	 	
RSA 	275:41 Limitation of Actions.	 Any action to re	cover unpaid wages and liquidated damages based on 	
violation of RSA 275:37, 	shall	 be commenced 	within 	3 years of discovery of the violation. No action brought 	
under this section shall include any violation that occurred more than 4 years prior to the comme	ncement of 	
such action	. 	
Effective Date: January 1, 2015