The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
004B
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EARNED SICK TIME
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 486)
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§ 486. New employer exemption
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, new employers shall
not be subject to the provisions of this subchapter for a period of one year after
the employer hires its first employee.
(b) For purposes of enforcement under subsections 483(l)-(n) of this subchapter, an employer shall be presumed to be subject to the provisions
of this subchapter unless the employer proves that a period of no more than one year
elapsed between the date on which the employer hired its first employee and the date
on which the employer is alleged to have violated the provisions of this subchapter.
(c) No employer shall transfer an employee to a second employer with whom there is, at
the time of the transfer, substantially common ownership, management, or control for
the purposes of either employer claiming an exemption pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section. (Added 2015, No. 69 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)