Serving New Hampshire Since 1908
Labor & Employment
NH Municipal & School Labor & Employment Law
A bedrock of Upton & Hatfield has long been its labor and employment
services. Personnel and labor issues are increasingly important to municipalities,
and our labor relations team is well equipped to assist our municipal
clients through all stages of the labor negotiation process, including
collective bargaining. Questions surrounding statutory bargaining procedures,
negotiated CBA terms, and managerial prerogatives can be complicated subjects.
Our labor relations attorneys are well versed in this area of the law
and have represented
municipalities and school districts in all areas of public labor law, including collective bargaining, labor
grievances, arbitration hearings, unfair labor practices, mediation, fact-finding,
and union elections and certifications. Although our goal is to work with
our municipalities and their staff to prevent grievances and unfair labor
practice complaints whenever possible, if needed, our labor relations
team is prepared to assist our municipal clients with the grievance process
and/or litigate disputes through the appropriate channels. We regularly
appear before the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB), the Department
of Labor, the Commission for Human Rights, the EEOC, and in state and
federal courts.
Outside of the labor relations context, our attorneys are experienced in
providing human resources management including:
Discipline and discharge
Human Resource counseling related to employee hiring, compensation, evaluations,
and documentation
Compliance with federal and state wage & hour, leave of absence, and
anti-discrimination laws such as the FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, USERRA, the
New Hampshire Law Against Discrimination, and the New Hampshire Whistleblowers’
Protection Act
Investigation of complaints of unlawful harassment, discrimination and
other workplace misconduct
Personnel policies and handbooks
Trainings and workshops in all aspects of state and federal employment law
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