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Ext. 321

Kathleen C. Peahl
Member

kpeahl@wadleighlaw.com

Areas of Practice:

Employment and health law.

Professional:

Admitted to practice in New Hampshire, 1989. Ms. Peahl is a member of the New Hampshire and American Bar Associations and their Labor and Employment Sections, the New Hampshire Council of School Attorneys, and the American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys

She represents both private and public sector employers, including counties, school districts, hospitals and healthcare providers, providing advice on a wide range of employment and personnel issues including hiring, discipline and discharge, wage and hour requirements, discrimination and wrongful discharge claims and family and medical leave requirements. She assists employers in the development of personnel policies and negotiating and drafting of employment agreements. Ms. Peahl has represented employers and in both state and federal court and before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Department of Labor, the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New Hampshire Department of Employment Security and New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board.

She has represented public sector employers in connection with collective bargaining negotiations, grievance arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges.

Publications Available Online:

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Determining "Hours Worked" under the Fair Labor Standards Act, March 12, 2003

bulletEmployee Privacy: Monitoring of Pagers, Telephones and E-Mail, December 7, 2000.

bulletExempt vs. Nonexempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, March 12, 2003

bulletInvestigating Complaints About School Employees, November 19, 2002 (with Dean B. Eggert).

bulletInvestigation of Complaints and Discipline and Discharge of Employees, November 18, 2004 (with Dean B. Eggert)

bulletNew Hampshire Wage Statutes and Regulations, March 12, 2003

bulletSummary Judgment Affirmed in Family and Medical Leave Act Case, December 2, 2002.

Other Activities:

She is a current member of the Jaffrey-Rindge School Board and a former member of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Budget Advisory Committee. She serves as Secretary of the Monomonoc Sailing Association.

Education:

B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston College, 1984; J.D., cum laude, from Boston College, 1989.

Personal:

Born Amherst, Massachusetts, April 17, 1962.

Other:

Language: Spanish.

 

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