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
001
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REPORTS OF ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 6909)
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§ 6909. Retaliatory action by employer prohibited
No employer or supervisor may discharge; demote; transfer; reduce pay, benefits, or
work privileges; prepare a negative work performance evaluation; or take any other
action detrimental to any employee who files a good faith report in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter, by reason of the report. Any person making a report
under this chapter shall have a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory
and punitive damages against any person who causes detrimental changes in the employment
status of the reporting party by reason of making a report. Nothing in this section
grants immunity to a person reporting the person’s own perpetration of maltreatment. (Added 1985, No. 78, § 9; amended 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 86, eff. May 20, 2014; 2023, No. 81, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)