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NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 21: Labor

Chapter 017: Unemployment Compensation

  • Subchapter 001: GENERAL BENEFITS
  •    § 1301. Definitions

  •    § 1301a. Department of Labor; composition

  •    § 1301b. Repealed. 2001, No. 142, § 302c.

  •    § 1302. Vermont Employment Security Board; composition; duties

  •    § 1303. Compensation

  •    § 1304. Quorum

  •    § 1305. Divisions; Comprehensive Employment and Training Office

  •    § 1305a. Comprehensive Employment and Training Office

  •    § 1305b. Repealed. 1995, No. 45, § 4.

  •    § 1307. Commissioner of Labor, duties and powers of

  •    § 1308. Organization

  •    § 1309. Reports; solvency of Trust Fund

  •    § 1310. Repealed. 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 59, eff. March 1, 1961.

  •    § 1311. Employees

  •    § 1311a. Professional training for employees

  •    § 1312. Publication of rules and reports

  •    § 1313. Repealed. 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294(o).

  •    § 1314. Reports and records; separation information; determination of eligibility; failure to report employment information; disclosure of information to other State agencies to investigate misclassification or miscoding

  •    § 1314a. Quarterly wage reporting; misclassification; penalties

  •    § 1315. State-federal cooperation

  •    § 1316. Furnishing data

  •    § 1317. Railroad Retirement Board

  •    § 1318. Reciprocal benefit arrangements

  •    § 1319. Agreements for collection and payment of contributions

  •    § 1320. Investigations; general powers

  •    § 1321. Contributions; taxable wage base changes

  •    § 1321a. [Repealed.]

  •    § 1322. Reports; liability

  •    § 1322a. Out-of-state or nonresident subcontractors

  •    § 1323. Termination of coverage; agreement by employee to make contribution

  •    § 1324. Rate of contribution

  •    § 1325. Employers' experience-rating records; disclosure to successor entity

  •    § 1326. Rate based on benefit experience

  •    § 1327. Rate; reduction; conditions

  •    § 1328. Filing employer quarterly tax contribution reports; failure

  •    § 1329. Collection of unpaid contributions; suit

  •    § 1330. Assessment provided

  •    § 1331. Notice; hearing

  •    § 1332. Review by Board; Supreme Court appeal

  •    § 1333. Repealed. 1961, No. 210, § 17, eff. July 11, 1961.

  •    § 1334. Judgment; exception

  •    § 1335. Repealed. 1961, No. 210, § 17, eff. July 11, 1961.

  •    § 1336. Lien; fee; foreclosure

  •    § 1337. Adjustments and refunds

  •    § 1337a. Administrative determination; hearing on

  •    § 1338. Weekly benefits

  •    § 1338a. Disregarded earnings

  •    § 1339. Weekly benefit for partial unemployment

  •    § 1340. Computation of benefits

  •    § 1340a. Self-Employment Assistance Program

  •    §§ 1341-1342. Repealed. 1965, No. 76, § 2, eff. May 26, 1965.

  •    § 1342. Repealed. 1959, No. 83, § 1, eff. April 2, 1959.

  •    § 1343. Conditions

  •    § 1344. Disqualifications

  •    § 1345. Repealed. 1971, No. 77, § 8, eff. Dec. 31, 1971.

  •    § 1346. Claims for benefits; rules; notice

  •    § 1347. Nondisclosure or misrepresentation; overpayments; waiver

  •    § 1348. Procedure

  •    § 1349. Appeals to Board; Supreme Court appeal

  •    § 1350. Interested party disqualified on behalf of Commissioner

  •    § 1351. Procedure

  •    § 1352. Witnesses; fees

  •    § 1353. Collateral use prohibited

  •    §§ 1354, 1355. Repealed. 1961, No. 210, § 17, eff. July 11, 1961.

  •    § 1356. Limitation of fees

  •    § 1357. Notices; form and service

  •    § 1358. Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund; establishment and control

  •    § 1359. Administration of Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund

  •    § 1360. Treasurer

  •    § 1361. Management of funds upon discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund

  •    § 1362. Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund

  •    § 1362a. [Repealed.]

  •    § 1363. Expenditures

  •    § 1364. Replacement

  •    § 1365. Contingent Fund

  •    § 1366. Protection of rights and benefits; waiver of rights void

  •    § 1367. Benefits not subject to assignment or trustee process

  •    § 1367a. Child support intercept of unemployment benefits

  •    § 1367b. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program intercept of unemployment benefits

  •    § 1368. False statements to increase payments

  •    § 1369. False statements to avoid unemployment program obligations

  •    § 1370. Furnishing reports

  •    § 1371. Each statement separate offense

  •    § 1372. Violation by corporate agent

  •    § 1373. General penalty; administrative

  •    § 1374. Representation in court

  •    § 1375. Jurisdiction

  •    § 1376. Limitation of liability of State

  •    § 1377. Rights subject to legislative control

  •    § 1378. Requirements for obtaining license or governmental contract

  •    § 1379. Complaint of misclassification; enforcement by Attorney General [Repealed effective July 1, 2026]

  •    §§ 1380-1382. Repealed. 1977, No. 64, § 25(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1978.

  •    § 1381. Repealed. 1987, No. 100, § 5.

  •    § 1382. Repealed. 1977, No. 64, § 25(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1978.

  •    § 1383. Severability of provisions

  •    § 1384. Construction

  •    § 1385. Contingent provisions

  •    § 1386. Operation dependent upon federal act

  •    § 1387. Suspension of contributions

  •    § 1388. Invalidity of acts

  •    § 1389. Repealed. 1977, No. 25(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1978.


  • Subchapter 002: EXTENDED BENEFITS PROGRAM
  •    § 1421. Definitions

  •    § 1422. Regular and extended benefits

  •    § 1423. Eligibility requirements for extended benefits

  •    § 1423a. Disqualifications

  •    § 1423b. Repealed. 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § E.401.4, eff. June 3, 2010.

  •    § 1424. Weekly extended benefit amount

  •    § 1425. Total extended benefit amount

  •    § 1426. Beginning and termination of extended benefit period

  •    § 1427. Amendments to the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970


  • Subchapter 003: SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM
  •    § 1451. Definitions

  •    § 1452. Criteria for approval

  •    § 1453. Approval or rejection; resubmission

  •    § 1454. Effective date; duration

  •    § 1455. Revocation

  •    § 1456. Modification

  •    § 1457. Eligibility

  •    § 1458. Short-time compensation benefits

  •    § 1459. Charging benefits

  •    § 1460. Extended benefits program eligibility

  •    § 1461. Misrepresentation; penalties

  •    § 1462. Period of dormancy


  • Subchapter 004: BENEFITS FOR APPROVED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM
  •    § 1471. Training benefit program


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