Audiotaping meetings

[MeagerMind]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? NH
Is it legal in NH to audiotape meetings in which the "big wigs" make disparaging remarks about me (and others who are not in attendance)? I am "invited" to these meetings (the only woman) and am given assignments that are never utilized. They speak of me in third person (with the obligatory apologies). I am responsible for training employees throughout the company. The atmosphere of these meetings and the subsequent fallout creates a work environment that is acrimonious and adversarial. This has been an ongoing issue for the past six years.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Yes it is, and it's also perfectly legal for the company to fire you as soon as they see your recorder.

 

[Beth3]

Actually it doesn't appear that this is legal in NH:

N. H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 570-A:2: It is a felony to intercept, or disclose the contents of, any telecommunication or oral communication without the consent of all parties. However, it is a misdemeanor for a party to a communication, or anyone who has the consent of only one of the parties, to intercept a telecommunication or oral communication.

Civil damages are expressly authorized for unlawful interceptions for the greater of actual damages, $100 a day for each day of violation, or $1,000 in addition to punitive damages, attorney fees and litigation costs. N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 570-A:11.

Use of a hidden camera in a private place without the consent "of the persons entitled to privacy therein" is a misdemeanor. N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 644:9. A classroom was not a private place where a school custodian could reasonably expect to be safe from video surveillance. State v. McLellan, 744 A.2d 611 (N.H. 1999).