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Labor Law Requirements

• Child Labor Law
• Employer’s Reinstatement Liability
• Minimum Wage
• OSHA
• Parental and Family Leave
• Pregnancy Accommodations
• Safety Records
• Sexual Harassment
• Unemployment Insurance
• Workers’ Compensation

• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Family and Medical Leave
• Federal Minimum Wage
• OSHA
• Polygraph Protection Test
• USERRA

Recent Changes

Minimum Wage
Sexual Harassment
October 2018

Vermont has released their Minimum Wage notice for 2019. We have updated our state poster to include both this year's and next year's Minimum Wage.
The new Sexual Harassment notice now applies to all individuals who perform work or services for the company, not just employees. There are also changes to the contact information at the bottom of the notice.

Pregnancy - July 2018

This law applies to all Vermont workplaces and all pregnant employees. REasonable accommodations must be made for a pregnant employee and it protects against retaliation or firing of the employee.Earned Sick Time - January 2017Vermont updated their Unemployment Insurance notice. It now explicitly notes free employment assistance and adds a number of new Labor Career Resource Centers to the list.

Reinstatement Liability (Workers' Compensation) - May 2015

Vermont has released a new "Employers Reinstatement Liability" notice. The new notice is completely reformatted and includes new information. Among the changes are the altering of the title from "Employers Reinstatement Liability" to "Workers' Compensation Reinstatement Rights". Also, added is the clarification that the law applies to all employers who employ 10 or more employees of whom at least 10 work more than 15 hours a week. New address and email contact information for the Workers' Compensation Division was added as well.

Minimum Wage - January 2015

Vermont has released a new Minimum Wage notice displaying planned future Minimum Wage increases through 2018.