New Hampshire requires a discharged employee's wages within 72 hours of discharge.
Law: N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §275:44 · Rules checked October 2026
If you quit, the deadline is the next regular payday — unless you gave at least one pay period's notice, in which case it is 72 hours.
New Hampshire sets no automatic waiting-time penalty; unpaid wages are recovered through the Department of Labor's wage claim.
Your state treats earned vacation as wages: if you had accrued, unused vacation when you left, it must be paid in your final check. Forfeiture clauses ("use it or lose it" at separation) are void here.
The free claim goes to New Hampshire Department of Labor. It costs nothing and you do not need a lawyer; what you need is the amount computed, the demand already sent where your state rewards one, and the file assembled.
Filing window: set by state law and shorter than people expect — file within weeks, not months.
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General information from the published statute — not legal advice. Penalty figures elsewhere on this site are statutory maximums, with willfulness conditions named where the statute names them.