The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Address Concord, NH United States Contact Peter Bennett pbennett@thebennettlawfirm.com 207.773.4775 Member since 1998 PBLI PDI
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Archived Resources Articles & Publications:Department of Labor Issues Further Guidance and April 1st Effective Date for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/30/20Congress Finally Approves Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/23/20A Failed Argument for Sleeping on the Job - Posted 3/23/20Recent Lawsuit a Good Reminder to Practice Caution In Planning Holiday Parties - Posted 2/12/20If at First You Don’t Succeed… The Department of Labor Announces a New Increase to the Minimum Salary Threshold for White Collar Employees - Posted 1/7/20NLRB Changes the Definition of the Independent Contractor - Posted 3/6/19Minimum Wage Increases for 2019 - Posted 1/3/19Peter Bennett Elected as Maine State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates - Posted 10/1/18The Pins Are In at In-N-Out Burger - Posted 8/14/18NLRB Edges Closer to a 3-2 Pro-Employer Majority with Confirmation of Board Member Kaplan - Posted 8/10/17Massachusetts’ Highest Court Requires Workplace Accommodation for Medical Marijuana Positive Drug Test – Or Does It? - Posted 8/9/17NLRB Trial Judge Appears to Cut Break for Financial Industry Employee Rules - Posted 7/27/17Update: Court of Appeals Affirms the U.S. District Court’s Ruling Continuing the Application of the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law to Unionized Employers - Posted 1/3/16Five New England States and New York Will Have Higher State Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Than the Federal Minimum - Posted 12/27/16Employers Beware: Some States from Maine Through New York Impose a Higher Minimum Salary Threshold for the White Collar Overtime Exemption - Posted 12/14/16UPDATE: Court Agrees to Expedite U.S. Department of Labor's Appeal of Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule - Posted 12/14/16Legalization of Marijuana Creates Uncertainty as to the Rights of Employers in Responding to Marijuana Use Outside the Workplace - Posted 11/29/16New Overtime Rule in Limbo: Federal Court Promises to Issue Opinion Next Week - Posted 11/17/16New OSHA Rules Designed to Limit Non-DOT Mandatory Post-Accident Drug Testing - Posted 9/8/16Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 6/1/16New Federal Trade Secrets Law Requires Immediate Employer Action - Posted 6/1/16Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 5/19/16The Dangers of Looking the Other Way: Employer Held Liable to Pay Former Employee for Interrupting Lunch Breaks - Posted 4/25/16Vermont Joins a Growing List of States to Mandate Paid Sick Leave - Posted 3/23/16First Circuit Court of Appeals Gives Managers a Trial on Their FLSA Overtime Lawsuit - Posted 1/27/16D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects NLRB’s Lack Of Common Sense And Holds That Employer Is Entitled To Ban Employees From Wearing Unprofessional T-Shirt on House CallsColorado Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Employer’s Right to Prohibit Employee Medicinal Marijuana UseDepartment of Labor Proposes Salary Requirement of $54,440 for White Collar Overtime ExemptionConnecticut Enacts Law Restricting Employers’ Access to Personal Social Media and Email AccountsGovernment Agencies Issue Proposed Guidance and Regulations That Could Lead to “Blacklisting” of Certain Government ContractorsMassachusetts’ Mandatory Sick Pay Law Takes Effect July 1, 2015 – Full Compliance Deferred for Certain Employers until January 1, 2016NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Common Employee Handbook Policies that his Office on NLRB Considers UnlawfulNational Labor Relations Board Mandates That Employers Allow Employees Use of Work Email For Union Organizing and Related ActivitiesDisability Discrimination Under Maine’s Human Rights Act (MHRA)News & Announcements:The Bennett Law Firm Welcomes Attorney Pawel Z. Binczyk To the Firm - Posted 12/15/20Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Named to The Best Lawyers in America, 2021 Edition - Posted 9/1/20Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Named to Best Lawyers in America, 2020 Edition - Posted 8/23/19Best Lawyers® Selects Rick Finberg as its 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Labor and Employment Litigation in Portland, Maine - Posted 7/30/19National Expert on Labor and Employment Law Elected Chair of the Board of The National Judicial College - Posted 7/11/19Peter Bennett Elected as Maine State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates - Posted 10/1/18Peter Bennett Selected as Chair Elect of the Board of Trustees for the National Judicial College - Posted 8/14/18Peter Bennett Invited to Participate in Northeastern University’s Spring “Myra Kraft Open Classroom” - Posted 2/16/18The Bennett Law Firm named to Tier 1 rank in Litigation on list of Best Law Firms in America, 2018 Edition - Posted 11/27/17Peter Bennett Named Treasurer of the National Judicial College - Posted 6/16/17Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2017 edition of “Best Law Firms” for U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers - Posted 11/8/16Peter Bennett Selected to the 2016 New England Super Lawyers List - Posted 11/8/16Portland Attorney Peter Bennett Appointed by the American Bar Association to Serve a Three- Year Term on its Standing Committee - Posted 9/19/16Two Bennett Law Firm Partners Named to The Best Lawyers in America, 2017 Edition - Posted 8/29/16Portland Attorney Peter Bennett to Co-Lead Judicial-Media Knowledge Exchange Workshop Co-Sponsored by the Missouri Supreme Court and the American Bar Association on June 30, 2016 - Posted 6/28/16Peter Bennett to Present at the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco - Posted 5/12/16Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2016 edition of "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best LawyersTwo Bennett Law Firm Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© 2016Peter Bennett Appointed to the American Bar Association’s Commission on the American Jury for 2015 – 2016Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2015Portland Law Firm Recognized by Corporate LiveWire – Global AwardsPeter Bennett Presents at the 2015 Associated Grocers of New England’s (AGNE) Annual Trade ShowPeter Bennett Appointed to Board of Directors of the Appellate Judges Education InstitutePeter Bennett to Serve as Special Advisor to American Bar Association CommitteePeter Bennett Named to the Board of the National Judicial CollegeThe Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Selected as a 2014 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and Best LawyersABA Calls For Safer State CourthousesPeter Bennett to Take Part in the 2014 Diversity Summit Panel DiscussionPeter Bennett to Speak at the Nevada Limited Jurisdiction Judges 2014 Winter SeminarBennett Law Firm Recognized by Corporate Intl MagazineCollege of Labor and Employment Lawyers Elects Rick Finberg of Portland, Maine a FellowThe Best Lawyers in America® 2013 Recognizes Two Bennett Law Firm AttorneysHR PowerHour Guest Speaker - Peter BennettCorporate INTL Recognizes The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.Peter Bennett, Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence to sit on the ABA hearing Committee February 3, 2012The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Wins Two Legal Awards From Corporate INTL MagazinePeter Bennett Named Chair of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Judicial IndependenceCorporate INTL Magazine Names the Bennett Law Firm “Maine Boutique Law Firm of the Year”ABA Appoints Peter Bennett as a Member of the ABA TIPS Task Force on Leadership-Diversity InitiativeBennett Law Firm Attorneys Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Selected to be Included in the 2011 Chambers USA Guide to the Legal Profession
Early exposure to some legal legends inspired Maine lawyer to become the best he could be October 1, 2024 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Military service set the stage for Maine attorney’s career in labor and employment law September 12, 2022 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Biden's New Mission for the National Labor Relations Board to Revive the Labor Movement September 8, 2021 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
The Bennett Law Firm Welcomes Attorney Pawel Z. Binczyk To the Firm December 15, 2020 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
The Bennett Law Firm Moves to New Location April 29, 2019 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
The Bennett Law Firm named to Tier 1 rank in Litigation on list of Best Law Firms in America, 2018 Edition November 27, 2017 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2017 edition of “Best Law Firms” for U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers November 8, 2016 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
The Bennett Law Firm Welcomes Attorney Ashley Arra to The Firm September 30, 2016 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Two Bennett Law Firm Partners Named to The Best Lawyers in America, 2017 Edition August 29, 2016 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2016 edition of "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers November 2, 2015 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Two Bennett Law Firm Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© 2016 August 18, 2015 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2015 August 18, 2015 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Corporate LiveWire – Global Awards 2015 June 3, 2015 The Bennett Law Firm, P.A., The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.