New Hampshire Minimum Wage Law Poster Required

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE MINIMUM WAGE LAW
Revised Statutes Annotated Chapter 279, as amended

Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly
rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended.

$7.25 PER HOUR EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Exempt from RSA 279 are:
Employees engaged in Household Labor, Domestic Labor, Farm Labor, Outside Sales Representatives, Summer Camps
for Minors, Newspaper Carriers, Non-Professional Ski Patrol and Golf Caddies.
OVERTIME PAY. Those employees covered by RSA 279, with the following exceptions, shall in addition to their
regular compensation, be paid at the rate of time and one-half for all time worked in excess of 40 hours in any one week:
(a) Any employee employed by an amusement, seasonal, or recreational establishment if:
(1) it does not operate for more than 7 months in any calendar year; or
(2) during the preceding calendar year, its average receipts for any 6 months of such year were
not more than 33 1/3 percent of its average receipts for the other 6 months of such year.
(b) Any employee of employers covered under the provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a
month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than 45 percent of
the applicable minimum wage. Restaurant shall include an establishment in a temporary or permanent building,
kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public to be a place where meals are regularly prepared or
served for which a charge is made and where seating and table service is available for customers or where delivery
services are available. The term does not include establishments which do not primarily prepare and serve food.
Tipped employees shall also include employees who deliver meals prepared in a restaurant to the customer's home,
office, or other location. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of
wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer
shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage.

RECORDS. Every employer of employees shall keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by each, wages paid
to each, and classification of employment when necessary.

NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LAW
No youth under the age of 16 shall be employed or permitted to work without first obtaining a New Hampshire
Youth Employment Certificate except for his/her parents, grandparents, guardian, or at work defined as casual
or farm labor. Certificates shall be obtained by an employer within 3 business days of the first day of
employment. Copies of certificates shall be kept on file by all employers of youths. An employer shall not
employ a youth 16 or 17 years of age, unless the employer obtains and maintains on file a signed written
document from the youth's parent or legal guardian permitting the youth's employment. The parental permission
shall be on file at the establishment’s worksite prior to the first day of employment. Written parental permission
is not required for a 16 or 17 year old youth who has graduated from high school or obtained a general
equivalency diploma.
INSPECTION DIVISION
95 PLEASANT ST.
CONCORD NH 03301
(603) 271-1492 & 271-3176

Danielle N. Albert
Deputy Commissioner

Ken Merrifield
Commissioner

THIS NOTICE MUST BE POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE
Rev. 02-01-18