Vermont

§ 301. Medical examination, expense It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in section 302…

§ 302. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employer” means any individual, organization, or…

§ 303. Penalty; judicial bureau Any employer who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall be…

§ 304. Employment conditions An employer shall provide an employee with reasonable opportunities dur…

§ 305. Nursing mothers in the workplace (a) For an employee who is a nursing mother, the employer sh…

§ 306. Public policy of the State of Vermont; employment separation agreements In support of the Sta…

§ 307. Repealed.

§ 308. Repealed.

§ 309. Flexible working arrangements (a)(1) An employee may request a flexible working arrangement t…

§ 341. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employee” means an individual who has entered in…

§ 342. Weekly payment of wages (a)(1) Any employer that is doing business within the State shall pay…

§ 342a.

§ 342b. Repealed.

§ 343. Form of payment An employer shall not pay employees with any form of evidence of indebtedness…

§ 344. Assignment of future wages (a) An assignment of future wages payable pursuant to section 342 …

§ 345. Nonpayment of wages and benefits (a) An employer who violates section 342, 343, 482, or 483 o…

§ 345a. Repealed.

§ 346. Enforcement by Attorney General; employee misclassification [Repealed effective July 1, 2026]…

§ 347. Forfeiture An employer who violates section 342 or 343 of this title shall forfeit to the ind…

§ 348. Retaliation prohibited (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any other manner retaliate a…

§ 381. Declaration of policy It is the declared public policy of the State of Vermont that workers e…

§ 383. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor or…

§ 384. Employment; wages (a)(1) Beginning on January 1, 2022, an employer shall not employ any emplo…

§ 385. Administration The Commissioner and the Commissioner’s authorized representatives have full p…

§ 386. Investigations The Commissioner may, and on a petition of 50 or more residents of the State s…

§ 387. Enforcement by Attorney General; employee misclassification [Repealed effective July 1, 2026]…

§§ 388-390a. Repealed.

§ 390. Repealed.

§ 390a. Repealed.

§ 391. Repealed.

§ 392. Repealed.

§ 393. Employers’ records; notice (a) Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the ho…

§ 394. Penalties (a) An employer or any officer or agent of an employer, who pays, permits to be pai…

§ 395. Civil actions An employee who is paid by an employer less than the applicable wage rate to wh…

§ 396. Appeals from Commissioner’s decisions (a) Appeals to Superior Court. Any person aggrieved by …

§ 397. Retaliation prohibited (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any other manner retaliate a…

§ 411. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affected employees” means employees who may be e…

§ 412. Education and outreach The Department and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development sh…

§ 413. Notice and wage payment obligations (a) An employer who will engage in a closing or mass layo…

§ 414. Exceptions (a) In the case of a business closing or mass layoff, an employer is not required …

§ 415. Violations (a) An employer who violates subsection 413(b) or 414(b) of this subchapter is lia…

§ 416. Powers of the Commissioner (a) The Commissioner may adopt rules as necessary, pursuant to 3 V…

§ 417. Administrative penalty An employer who fails to give notice as required by subsection 413(b) …

§ 418. Other rights The rights and remedies provided to employees by this subchapter do not infringe…

§ 430. Policy; definitions; rules (a) It is the policy of Vermont that children shall be protected f…

§ 431. Age limit; certificate as to eligibility of child under 16 Except as provided in this subchap…

§ 432. Restrictions (a) The Commissioner shall not issue a certificate for a child under 16 years of…

§ 433. Repealed.

§ 434. Employment of children under 16 years of age (a) A child under 16 years of age shall not be e…

§ 435. Examination and report When so ordered by the Secretary of Education, the superintendent of s…

§ 436. Employment of children under 14 years of age A child under 14 years of age shall not be emplo…

§ 437. Employment of children; special restrictions; hours for children under 16 years of age (a) Ex…

§ 438. Exceptions A child over 14 years of age who is enrolled in a career technical education progr…

§ 439. Repealed.

§ 440. Repealed.

§ 441. Repealed.

§ 442. Posting notices of hours of labor An employer shall post in a conspicuous place in the place …

§ 443. Repealed.

§ 444. Repealed.

§ 444a.

§ 445. Repealed.

§ 446. Duties of Commissioner as to employment of children The Commissioner may inquire of the owner…

§ 447. Repealed.

§ 448. Duty of person having control of child A person having control of a child shall not allow the…

§ 449. General penalty A person who violates a provision of this subchapter for which another penalt…

§ 450. Repealed.

§ 451. Complaints Truant officers and all informing officers are authorized to make complaints for v…

§ 452. Suspension of subchapter The Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may suspend par…

§ 453. Sale of goods made in violation of subchapter No person, partnership, corporation, or associa…

§ 470. Purpose (a) Strong families are the foundation for a productive and competitive state. There …

§ 471. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Bereavement leave” means a leave of absence from…

§ 472. Leave (a)(1) During any 12-month period, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave f…

§ 472a.

§ 472b.

§ 472c.

§ 473. Retaliation prohibited An employer shall not discharge or in any other manner retaliate again…

§ 474. Penalties and enforcement (a) The penalty and enforcement provisions of section 495b of this …

§ 481. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employer” means any individual, organization, or…

§ 482. Earned sick time (a) An employee shall accrue not less than one hour of earned sick time for …

§ 483. Use of earned sick time (a) An employee may use earned sick time accrued pursuant to section …

§ 484. Compliance with earned sick time requirement (a) An employer shall be in compliance with this…

§ 485. Severability of provisions If any provision of this subchapter or the application of such pro…

§ 486. New employer exemption (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, …

§ 487. Rules The Commissioner may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter. (Added…

§ 491. Absence on military service and training; employment and reemployment rights (a)(1) Any membe…

§ 492. Rights and benefits (a) Any absence for military training or State active duty shall not affe…

§ 493. Enforcement (a) If any employer fails to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter…

§ 494. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Employer” means any individual, organization, or…

§ 494a.

§ 494b.

§ 494c.

§ 494d.

§ 494e.

§ 495. Unlawful employment practice (a) It shall be unlawful employment practice, except where a bon…

§ 495a.

§ 495b.

§ 495c.

§ 495d.

§ 495e.

§ 495f.

§ 495g.

§ 495h.

§ 495i.

§ 495j.

§ 495k.

§ 495l.

§ 495m.

§ 495n.

§ 495o.

§ 495p.

§ 496. Legislative leave (a) Any employee who, in order to serve as a member of the General Assembly…

§ 496a.

§ 497. Purpose The purpose of this subchapter is to carry on a continuing program to promote the emp…

§ 497a.

§ 497b.

§ 497c.

§ 497d.

§ 497e.

§ 498. Repealed.

§ 499. Jurors and witnesses (a)(1) An employer shall not discharge an employee because of the employ…

§ 501. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Person who is blind or visually impaired” means …

§ 502. Duties The Division shall have the authority to: (1) establish vending facilities on State pr…

§ 503. Vending machines If it is determined by the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independen…

§ 504. Income from vending facilities and machines (a) All net income from a vending facility on Sta…

§ 505. Vending facilities; operation by other than a person who is blind or visually impaired Where …

§ 506. Exemptions The following are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter: (1) food services…

§ 507. Whistleblower protection; health care employees; prohibitions; hearing; notice (a) As used in…

§ 508. Enforcement (a) An employee aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may: (1) utilize any …

§ 509. Notice (a) Not later than December 1, 2004, the Commissioner of Labor shall develop and distr…

§ 511. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Applicant for employment” means an individual se…

§ 512. Drug testing of applicants; prohibitions; exceptions (a) General prohibition. Except as provi…

§ 513. Drug testing of employees; prohibitions; exceptions (a) General prohibition. Except as provid…

§ 514. Administration of tests An employer may request an applicant for employment or an employee to…

§ 515. Positive test results; opportunity to retest (a) A medical review officer shall contact perso…

§ 516. Confidentiality (a) Any health care information about an individual to be tested shall be col…

§ 517. Employer’s authority This subchapter shall not restrict an employer’s authority to prohibit t…

§ 518. Designated laboratory; rule making authority of the Commissioner (a) The Department of Health…

§ 519. Enforcement (a) Private right of action. An applicant or employee aggrieved by a violation of…

§ 520. Repealed.

§ 561. Health coverage status discrimination prohibited (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “E…