The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 21 : Labor
Chapter 009 : Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 701)-
§ 701. Reports of accidents by employers
(a) Every employer liable to pay compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, sustained by the employer’s employees in the course of their employment and shall report such an injury causing an absence of one day or more, or necessitating medical attendance, to the Commissioner in writing upon forms to be procured from the Commissioner for that purpose within 72 hours, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the occurrence of the injury.
(b) At the termination of the disability of the injured employee, the employer shall make a final report upon forms procured from the Commissioner.
(c) If the disability extends beyond a period of 60 days, at the expiration of each 60-day period, the employer shall make a supplemental report to the Commissioner that the injured employee is still disabled and, at the termination of the disability, shall file a final report as provided in this section. (Amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 151, eff. July 1, 2024.)
