Vermont

§ 1301. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Benefits” and “compensation” mean the money paymen…

§ 1301a.

§ 1301b. Repealed.

§ 1302. Vermont Employment Security Board; composition; duties (a)(1) There is created a board of th…

§ 1303. Compensation The Commissioner of Labor shall be paid an annual salary, as provided by 32 V.S…

§ 1304. Quorum Any two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum to transact business. No vacan…

§ 1305. Divisions; Comprehensive Employment and Training Office There is hereby established within t…

§ 1305a.

§ 1305b. Repealed.

§ 1307. Commissioner of Labor, duties and powers of The Commissioner of Labor shall administer this …

§ 1308. Organization The Commissioner shall determine the method of procedure in accordance with the…

§ 1309. Reports; solvency of Trust Fund (a)(1) On or before January 31 of each year, the Commissione…

§ 1310. Repealed.

§ 1311. Employees Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner is authorized to app…

§ 1311a.

§ 1312. Publication of rules and reports The Commissioner shall make available for distribution to t…

§ 1313. Repealed.

§ 1314. Reports and records; separation information; determination of eligibility; failure to report…

§ 1314a.

§ 1315. State-federal cooperation In the administration of this chapter, the Commissioner shall: (1)…

§ 1316. Furnishing data Upon request the Commissioner shall furnish to any agency of the United Stat…

§ 1317. Railroad Retirement Board The Commissioner may make available to the Railroad Retirement Boa…

§ 1318. Reciprocal benefit arrangements (a) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into arrangement…

§ 1319. Agreements for collection and payment of contributions Notwithstanding the provisions of sub…

§ 1320. Investigations; general powers (a)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to conduct investigatio…

§ 1321. Contributions; taxable wage base changes (a) Payment of contributions. Contributions shall a…

§ 1321a.

§ 1322. Reports; liability (a) Every employer shall file with the Commissioner periodic reports to d…

§ 1322a.

§ 1323. Termination of coverage; agreement by employee to make contribution (a) An employing unit sh…

§ 1324. Rate of contribution (a) The standard rate of contributions shall be five and four-tenths pe…

§ 1325. Employers’ experience-rating records; disclosure to successor entity (a)(1) The Commissioner…

§ 1326. Rate based on benefit experience (a)(1) The Commissioner shall for each rate year compute a …

§ 1327. Rate; reduction; conditions No employer’s contribution rate shall be reduced from five and f…

§ 1328. Filing employer quarterly tax contribution reports; failure The Commissioner shall impose a …

§ 1329. Collection of unpaid contributions; suit (a)(1) If any employer fails to make, when due, any…

§ 1330. Assessment provided When any employer fails to pay any contributions or payments required un…

§ 1331. Notice; hearing (a) Any employer against whom an assessment is made may, within 30 days afte…

§ 1332. Review by Board; Supreme Court appeal (a) The Board, upon an application filed or on its own…

§ 1333. Repealed.

§ 1334. Judgment; exception (a) Any liability for contributions, payments, penalties, interest, and …

§ 1335. Repealed.

§ 1336. Lien; fee; foreclosure (a)(1) All contributions, interest, penalties, and costs thereon due …

§ 1337. Adjustments and refunds (a) If not later than three years after the date on which any contri…

§ 1337a.

§ 1338. Weekly benefits (a) Each eligible individual who is totally unemployed in any week shall be …

§ 1338a.

§ 1339. Weekly benefit for partial unemployment Each eligible individual who is partially unemployed…

§ 1340. Computation of benefits (a) Except as provided in subchapter 2 of this chapter, the maximum …

§ 1340a.

§ 1341. Repealed.

§ 1342. Repealed.

§ 1343. Conditions (a) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect t…

§ 1344. Disqualifications (a) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (1) For not more tha…

§ 1345. Repealed.

§ 1346. Claims for benefits; rules; notice (a) Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with …

§ 1347. Nondisclosure or misrepresentation; overpayments; waiver (a) Any person who fails, without g…

§ 1348. Procedure (a)(1) An authorized representative of the Commissioner shall review each claim fo…

§ 1349. Appeals to Board; Supreme Court appeal (a) Within 30 days after the date of the referee’s de…

§ 1350. Interested party disqualified on behalf of Commissioner A person shall not participate on be…

§ 1351. Procedure The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the conduct of hearings…

§ 1352. Witnesses; fees In the discharge of his or her duties prescribed by this chapter, any member…

§ 1353. Collateral use prohibited Any determination, redetermination, finding of fact, conclusion of…

§§ 1354, 1355.

§ 1356. Limitation of fees An individual shall not be charged fees of any kind by the Commissioner o…

§ 1357. Notices; form and service Notices required under the provisions of this chapter, unless othe…

§ 1358. Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund; establishment and control (a) The Unemployment Compens…

§ 1359. Administration of Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund (a) The Fund shall be administered in…

§ 1360. Treasurer The Commissioner shall designate a treasurer of the Fund, who shall pay all vouche…

§ 1361. Management of funds upon discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund The provisions of section…

§ 1362. Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund The Unemployment Compensation Administration F…

§ 1362a.

§ 1363. Expenditures All monies made available by or received by the State for the State employment …

§ 1364. Replacement This State shall replace any monies received from the Secretary of Labor under T…

§ 1365. Contingent Fund (a) There is created a special fund to be known as the Contingent Fund. All …

§ 1366. Protection of rights and benefits; waiver of rights void No agreement by an employee to waiv…

§ 1367. Benefits not subject to assignment or trustee process Benefits that are due or may become du…

§ 1367a.

§ 1367b.

§ 1368. False statements to increase payments A person shall not intentionally make a false statemen…

§ 1369. False statements to avoid unemployment program obligations A person who intentionally makes …

§ 1370. Furnishing reports A person shall not intentionally fail or refuse to furnish any reports re…

§ 1371. Each statement separate offense Each such false statement or representation, and each day of…

§ 1372. Violation by corporate agent If the employer in question is a corporation, any official or a…

§ 1373. General penalty; administrative A person who violates a provision of this chapter or any law…

§ 1374. Representation in court The Attorney General shall represent the Commissioner and State in a…

§ 1375. Jurisdiction Concurrent jurisdiction of offenses under this chapter is vested in the Superio…

§ 1376. Limitation of liability of State Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable under this c…

§ 1377. Rights subject to legislative control All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by…

§ 1378. Requirements for obtaining license or governmental contract (a) As used in this section, “ag…

§ 1379. Complaint of misclassification; enforcement by Attorney General [Repealed effective July 1, …

§ 1380. Repealed.

§ 1381. Repealed.

§ 1382. Repealed.

§ 1383. Severability of provisions It is the purpose and intention of the General Assembly that the …

§ 1384. Construction (a) This chapter is enacted in correlation with Titles III and IX of the Social…

§ 1385. Contingent provisions If the Federal Unemployment Tax Act is amended, interpreted, or extend…

§ 1386. Operation dependent upon federal act (a) The General Assembly finds that the expediency and …

§ 1387. Suspension of contributions If the Governor determines that the conditions for the suspensio…

§ 1388. Invalidity of acts If the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, or the Federal Unemploym…

§ 1389. Repealed.

§ 1421. Definitions As used in this subchapter, (1) “Extended benefit period” means a period that: (…

§ 1422. Regular and extended benefits Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other pr…

§ 1423. Eligibility requirements for extended benefits (a) An individual shall be eligible to receiv…

§ 1423a.

§ 1423b. Repealed.

§ 1424. Weekly extended benefit amount The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual f…

§ 1425. Total extended benefit amount (a) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible …

§ 1426. Beginning and termination of extended benefit period (a) Whenever an extended benefit period…

§ 1427. Amendments to the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 To the extent…

§ 1451. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affected unit” means a specific plan, departmen…

§ 1452. Criteria for approval (a) An employer wishing to participate in an STC program shall submit …

§ 1453. Approval or rejection; resubmission The Commissioner shall approve or reject a plan in writi…

§ 1454. Effective date; duration A plan shall be effective on the date specified in the plan or on a…

§ 1455. Revocation (a) The Commissioner may revoke approval of a plan for good cause. The revocation…

§ 1456. Modification An approved STC plan may be modified by the employer with the approval of the C…

§ 1457. Eligibility (a) An individual is eligible to receive STC benefits with respect to any week o…

§ 1458. Short-time compensation benefits (a) The short-time weekly benefit amount shall be the produ…

§ 1459. Charging benefits STC benefits paid to an employee shall be charged to the employers in the …

§ 1460. Extended benefits program eligibility An individual who has received all of the unemployment…

§ 1461. Misrepresentation; penalties If an approved plan or any representation for implementation of…

§ 1462. Period of dormancy On July 1, 2020, the Short-Time Compensation Program established pursuant…

§ 1471. Training benefit program (a) An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this…