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The New Hampshire Department of Labor (DOL) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Based in Concord, the agency works to protect the "interests and dignity" of workers in the state. [2] The department was established by state statute in 1893, [1]: 8 and its first commissioner was appointed that year. [3]
The following is a list of New Hampshire state agencies—government agencies of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.Entries are listed alphabetically per their first distinguishing word (e.g. the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food is listed under "A" for Agriculture), with subordinate agencies listed under their parent agency.
New Hampshire is first state to establish the ten-hour workday. [6] 1848 (United States) Pennsylvania's child labor law establishes the age of 12 as the minimum age for workers in commercial occupations. [6] 1848 (Germany) Founding of the Allgemeine Deutsche Arbeiterverbrüderung (General German Workers-Brotherhood) [13]
New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development In April 2021, DBEA announced the creation of an Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry Development (ORID), to connect the state's "outdoor assets to broad economic development strategies such as workforce and business recruitment."
New Hampshire was first settled by Europeans at Odiorne's Point in Rye (near Portsmouth) by a group of fishermen from England, under David Thompson [3] in 1623, three years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Early historians believed the first native-born New Hampshirite, John Thompson, was born there. Fisherman David Thompson had been sent ...
New Hampshire (/ ˈhæmpʃər / HAMP-shər) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Of the 50 U.S. states, New Hampshire is the eighth-smallest by land area and ...
New Hampshire has had a Division of Economic Development since 1962. [1] [2] During the 1960s, the division published vacation guides and placed newspaper advertisements with taglines such as "The New New Hampshire". [3] During the 1970s, the division issued state highway maps and tourist guides. [4]
Mark MacKenzie is an American politician and labor leader from the state of New Hampshire. MacKenzie, a member of the Democratic Party, serves in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. MacKenzie joined the Manchester, New Hampshire fire department at age 21 and served for 25 years. [1] He became the president of the New Hampshire chapter ...