The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
004A
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PARENTAL AND FAMILY LEAVE
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 472a)
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§ 472a. Short-term family leave
(a) In addition to the leave provided in section 472 of this title, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave not to exceed four hours in any
30-day period and not to exceed 24 hours in any 12-month period. An employer may require
that leave be taken in a minimum of two-hour segments and may be taken for any of
the following purposes:
(1) to participate in preschool or school activities directly related to the academic
educational advancement of the employee’s family member, such as a parent-teacher
conference;
(2) to attend or to accompany the employee’s family member to routine medical or dental
appointments;
(3) to accompany the employee’s family member to other appointments for professional services
related to their care and well-being; or
(4) to respond to a medical emergency involving the employee’s family member.
(b) An employee shall make a reasonable attempt to schedule appointments for which leave
may be taken under this section outside of regular work hours. In order to take leave
under this section, an employee shall provide the employer with the earliest possible
notice, but in no case later than seven days, before leave is to be taken except in
the case of an emergency. In this subsection, “emergency” means circumstances where
the required seven-day notice could have a significant adverse impact on the family
member of the employee.
(c) At the employee’s discretion, the employee may use accrued paid leave, including vacation
and personal leave. (Added 1997, No. 41, § 2; amended 2025, No. 18, § 30, eff. May 13, 2025; 2025, No. 32, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)