When your final paycheck is due in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, if you are fired or laid off, your final paycheck is due within 72 hours. If you quit, it is due on the next regular payday; within 72 hours if you gave at least one pay period’s notice.
- Fired or laid off
- Within 72 hours
- If you quit
- Next regular payday; within 72 hours if the employee gave at least one pay period’s notice
- If the employer pays late
- If the employer willfully and without good cause fails to pay, it owes 10% of the unpaid wages per day (except Sundays and holidays) or the amount of the unpaid wages, whichever is smaller.
The law
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:44. Read the statute.
Checked against the statute in October 2026. Laws change, so confirm the current rule before you rely on it.
What to do next
If the deadline has passed, ask for the wages in writing first and keep a copy. The free first letter in the Wage Claim Letters kit does this. If that doesn’t work, small claims court is the usual next step. The final paycheck lookup compares states side by side.
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General information about New Hampshire law, not legal advice, and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Wage Claim Letters is a self-help template kit from Kits For That.