The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL BENEFITS
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 1337a)
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§ 1337a. Administrative determination; hearing on
(a) Any employing unit aggrieved by an administrative determination affecting its rate
of contributions, its rights to adjustment or refund on contributions paid, its coverage
as an employer, or its termination of coverage may, within 30 days after the date
of the determination, file with the Commissioner a petition for a hearing on the determination.
The petition shall set forth specifically and in detail the grounds upon which it
is claimed the administrative determination is erroneous. Hearing or hearings on the
petition shall be held by a referee appointed for that purpose, at times and places
as provided by rules of the Board. Notice of the time and place of the hearing or
hearings shall be given electronically or by ordinary or certified mail to the petitioner.
(b) After a hearing pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the petitioner shall be
promptly notified electronically or by ordinary or certified mail of the findings
of fact, conclusions, and decision of the referee. The decision of the referee shall
be final unless the employing unit or Commissioner makes application for review of
the decision by the Board within 30 days after the date of the decision or unless
the Board, on its own motion within the same period, initiates a review of the decision. (Added 1961, No. 210, § 10, eff. July 11, 1961; amended 1965, No. 76, § 1, eff. May 26, 1965; 1989, No. 8, § 6; 1991, No. 82, § 6; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 194, eff. July 1, 2024; 2025, No. 40, § 15, eff. July 1, 2025.)