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Beth A. Deragon

Pastori Krans, PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2016
  • Recognized in:
    Employment Law - Management
  • Law School:
    University of New Hampshire School of Law
  • Website:
    https://pastorikrans.com
  • E-mail:
    bderagon@pastorikrans.com
  • Languages:
    French, Russian
  • Location:
    82 North Main Street, Suite B
    Concord, NH 03301
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Beth Deragon’s practice is focused on advising employers, including independent schools, on all aspects of the employment relationship and on defending employers in discrimination and other claims pending before state and federal agencies.

Beth has over 10 years’ experience assisting employers with employment issues including:

  • Hiring, corrective/disciplinary action and termination
  • Background checks
  • Drug and alcohol testing
  • Training supervisors and employees in harassment prevention & managing within the law
  • Handbooks and policies
  • Wage and hour compliance and audits
  • Independent contractor status
  • Leaves of absence and requests for reasonable accommodations
  • Non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements
  • Classification of employees as exempt/non-exempt
  • Safety and workplace violence
  • Unemployment compensation claimsReductions in force/lay-offs
  • Separation/severance agreements

Beth has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for private employers and colleges and universities. She advises employers on union organizing, collective bargaining agreements, collective bargaining negotiations, and appears before the NH Public Employee Labor Relations Board. Beth also defends employers before the NH Commission for Human Rights, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, NH Department of Labor, NH Employment Security, and state and federal courts.

In 2015, Beth was appointed Chair of the Civil Penalty Appeals Board of the NH Department of Labor and is a volunteer mediator for the NH Commission for Human Rights.

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Beth Deragon’s practice is focused on advising employers, including independent schools, on all aspects of the employment relationship and on defending employers in discrimination and other claims pending before state and federal agencies.

Beth has over 10 years’ experience assisting employers with employment issues including:

  • Hiring, corrective/disciplinary action and termination
  • Background checks
  • Drug and alcohol testing
  • Training supervisors and employees in harassment prevention & managing within the law
  • Handbooks and policies
  • Wage and hour compliance and audits
  • Independent contractor status
  • Leaves of absence and requests for reasonable accommodations
  • Non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements
  • Classification of employees as exempt/non-exempt
  • Safety and workplace violence
  • Unemployment compensation claimsReductions in force/lay-offs
  • Separation/severance agreements

Beth has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for private employers and colleges and universities. She advises employers on union organizing, collective bargaining agreements, collective bargaining negotiations, and appears before the NH Public Employee Labor Relations Board. Beth also defends employers before the NH Commission for Human Rights, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, NH Department of Labor, NH Employment Security, and state and federal courts.

In 2015, Beth was appointed Chair of the Civil Penalty Appeals Board of the NH Department of Labor and is a volunteer mediator for the NH Commission for Human Rights.

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Education:

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., graduated 2005
  • University of New Hampshire, BA, graduated 1990

Bar Admissions:

  • New Hampshire, 2005

Affiliations:

  • Appointed by the Governor of New Hampshire to serve as Chair of the Civil Penalty Appeal Board of the New Hampshire Department of Labor - Chair
  • BIA - HR, Healthcare and Workforce Development Committee - Member
  • Daniel Webster-Batchelder American Inns of Court - Member
  • Gender Equality Committee and the Labor and Employment Law Section - Member
  • Human Resources Association - Greater Concord - Member
  • Labor & Employment Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association - Vice Chair
  • New Hampshire Bar Association - Member
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - Member
  • The Voice of the Defense Bar (DRI) - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Employment Law - Management, Concord (2021)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Employment Law - Management
 

Awards:

  • Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America (Employment Law - Management 2016)
  • Business and Industry Association (BIA), Above and Beyond Award Recipient (May 2015)
  • Chapter Author for State of New Hampshire, Employment at Will A State-by-State Survey, 2014
  • Cumulative Supplement, Bloomberg BNA Books Authored by the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law
 

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Pastori Krans, PLLC
https://pastorikrans.com
 
Headquarters
82 North Main Street, Suite B
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 369.4769
 
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