Meal Breaks and Talking About Pay
RSA 275:30-a — a half hour after 5 consecutive hours, unless eating on the job is allowed
An employer may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period, unless it is feasible for the employee to eat while working and the employer permits it.
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No employer may require, as a condition of employment, that an employee not disclose their wages, or sign a waiver of the right to disclose wages, salary or paid benefits, and may not discharge or discipline an employee for doing so, as the section provides.
An employer gives an employee who asks a reasonable opportunity to inspect their personnel file and, on request, a copy, for a fee reasonably related to the cost.
Sources for this section (3)
- RSA 275:30-a — Lunch or Eating Period
- RSA 275:41-b — Pay Disclosure
- RSA 275:56 — Employee Access to Personnel Files
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed New Hampshire attorney.