New Hampshire unpaid wages and final paycheck demand letter
Create a New Hampshire unpaid-wages or final-paycheck demand using the rules verified July 24, 2026. The form separates employer-initiated termination, resignation, continuing employment, demand-triggered rights, and any scope limitation before it inserts state-law text.
What law governs final pay in New Hampshire?
RSA 275:43 (regular paydays), RSA 275:44 (separation timing and liquidated damages), and RSA 275:53 (Employees' Remedies, including the attorney's-fee provision at paragraph III). Verified July 24, 2026. Source: RSA 275:44; RSA chapter 275 table of contents confirming the title of 275:53.
Source: RSA 275:44; RSA chapter 275 table of contents confirming the title of 275:53 · Verified July 24, 2026
When are wages due after termination or layoff in New Hampshire?
Discharge: wages in full within 72 hours. Layoff or labor-dispute suspension: not later than the next regular payday under RSA 275:43, through regular pay channels or by mail if the employee requests. Verified July 24, 2026. Source: RSA 275:44, I and III.
Source: RSA 275:44, I and III · Verified July 24, 2026
When are wages due after resignation in New Hampshire?
Next regular payday, except that if the employee gave at least one pay period's notice of intention to quit, all earned wages are due within 72 hours. The due-date status uses the resignation date, notice facts, and any stated regular-payday rule. Verified July 24, 2026. Source: RSA 275:44, II.
Source: RSA 275:44, II · Verified July 24, 2026
What waiting-time or other wage remedy may apply in New Hampshire?
Culpability standard: the employer must have failed to pay "willfully and without good cause." Calculation: liquidated damages equal to 10 percent of the unpaid wages for each day, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, on which the failure continues after the day payment was required, or an amount equal to the unpaid wages — whichever is smaller. Verified July 24, 2026. Source: RSA 275:44, IV.
Source: RSA 275:44, IV · Verified July 24, 2026
Must a New Hampshire employee send a written demand in a particular way?
None. RSA 275:44's references to payment "by mail if requested by the employee" govern how the employer may deliver wages, not how the employee must deliver a demand. Certified mail is recommended for proof only unless the law prescribes a different method. Verified July 24, 2026. Source: RSA 275:44.
Source: RSA 275:44 · Verified July 24, 2026
RSA 275:43 (regular paydays), RSA 275:44 (separation timing and liquidated damages), and RSA 275:53 (Employees' Remedies, including the attorney's-fee provision at paragraph III).