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21 V.S.A. § 509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 509. Notice

§ 509. Notice|(a) No later than December 1, 2004, the Commissioner of Labor shall develop and distribute to each employer a standard notice as provided in this section. Each notice shall be in clear and understandable language and shall include:  (1) a summary of this subchapter; (2) that an employee, in order to receive the protections of this subchapter, must report, pursuant to subsection 507(c) of this title, to the employer, to the supervisor, or to the person designated to receive notifications; and (3) a space for the name, title, and contact information of the person to whom the employee must make a report under subsection 507(c) of this title.   (b) No later than January 1, 2005, each employer shall post the notice in the employer's place of business to inform the employees of their protections and obligations under this subchapter. The employer shall post the notice in a prominent and accessible location in the workplace. The employer shall indicate on the notice the name or title of the individual the employer has designated to receive notifications pursuant to subsection 507(c) of this title.(c) An employer who violates this section by not posting the notice as required is liable for a civil fine of $100.00 for each day of willful violation. (Added 2003, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
21 V.S.A. § 511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 511. Definitions

§ 511. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Applicant for employment" means an individual seeking or being sought for employment with an employer. (2) "Designated laboratory" means a laboratory designated by the Department of Health under section 518 of this title. (3) "Drug" means a drug listed or classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule I drug, or its metabolites, and alcohol. It shall also mean other drugs or their metabolites which are likely to cause impairment of the individual on the job, which are: amitriptyline, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabinoids, cocaine, doxepin, glutethimide, hydromorphone, imipramine, meperidine, methadone, methaqualone, opiates, oxycodone, pentazocine, phenytoin, phencyclidine, phenothiazines, and propoxyphene. In addition, the Commissioner of Health may, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, add drugs to this list not recognized as being commonly abused and likely to cause impairment of the employee on the job as of May 22, 1987. (4) "Drug test" means the procedure of taking and analyzing body fluids or materials from the body for the purpose of detecting the presence of a regulated drug as defined in 18 V.S.A. chapter 84 or a drug as defined in subdivision (3) of this section. (5) "Employee" means any person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to perform services. (6) "Employer" means any individual, organization, or governmental body, including partnership, association, trustee, estate, corporation, joint stock company, insurance company, or legal representative, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor thereof, and any common carrier by mail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in or operating within this State, which has one or more individuals performing services for it within this State, or which has offered or may offer employment to one or more individuals. (7) "Employment agency" means a person who undertakes, with or without compensation, to procure, refer, recruit, or place for an employer or person, the opportunity to work for an employer. (8) "Collector" means an individual certified by a U.S. Health and Human Services approved collector certification program for each type of specimen to be collected. A "collector" shall be recertified every three years and may not be an employee of the employer for the purposes of performing a drug test based on probable cause. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; amended 2001, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 1, 2002.)
21 V.S.A. § 512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 512. Drug testing of applicants; prohibitions; exceptions

§ 512. Drug testing of applicants; prohibitions; exceptions|(a) General prohibition. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employer or an employment agency shall not, as a condition of employment, do any of the following:  (1) request or require that an applicant for employment take or submit to a drug test; (2) administer or attempt to administer a drug test to an applicant for employment; or (3) request or require that an applicant for employment consent, directly or indirectly, to a practice prohibited under this subchapter.   (b) Exception. An employer may require an applicant for employment to submit to a drug test only if all of the following conditions are met:  (1) Conditional offer of employment. The applicant has been given an offer of employment conditioned on the applicant receiving a negative test result. (2) Notice. The applicant received written notice of the drug testing procedure and a list of the drugs to be tested. The notice shall also state that therapeutic levels of medically-prescribed drugs tested will not be reported. The notice required under this subdivision may not be waived by the applicant. (3) Administration. The drug test is administered in accordance with section 514 of this title. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; amended 2001, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 1, 2002.)
21 V.S.A. § 513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 513. Drug testing of employees; prohibitions; exceptions

§ 513. Drug testing of employees; prohibitions; exceptions|(a) General prohibition. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an employer shall not, as a condition of employment, promotion, or change of status of employment, or as an expressed or implied condition of a benefit or privilege of employment, do any of the following:  (1) request or require that an employee take or submit to a drug test; (2) administer or attempt to administer a drug test to an employee; or (3) request or require that an employee consent, directly or indirectly, to a practice prohibited under this subchapter.   (b) Random or company-wide tests. An employer shall not request, require, or conduct random or company-wide drug tests except when such testing is required by federal law or regulation.(c) Exception. Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section, an employer may require an individual employee to submit to a drug test if all the following conditions are met:  (1) Probable cause. The employer or an agent of the employer has probable cause to believe the employee is using or is under the influence of a drug on the job. (2) Employee assistance program. The employer has available for the employee tested a bona fide rehabilitation program for alcohol or drug abuse and such program is provided by the employer or is available to the extent provided by a policy of health insurance or under contract by a nonprofit hospital service corporation. (3) Employee may not be terminated. The employee may not be terminated if the test result is positive and the employee agrees to participate in and then successfully completes the employee assistance program; however, the employee may be suspended only for the period of time necessary to complete the program, but in no event longer than three months. The employee may be terminated if, after completion of an employee assistance program, the employer subsequently administers a drug test in compliance with subdivisions (1) and (4) of this subsection and the test result is positive. (4) Administration of test. The drug test is administered in accordance with section 514 of this title. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.)
21 V.S.A. § 515
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 515. Positive test results; opportunity to retest

§ 515. Positive test results; opportunity to retest|(a) A medical review officer shall contact personally an employee or applicant who has a positive test result and explain the results and why the results may not be accurate.(b) The medical review officer shall provide any applicant or employee who has a positive test result with an opportunity to retest a portion of the sample at an independent laboratory at the expense of the person tested and shall consider the results of the retest. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; amended 2001, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 1, 2002.)
21 V.S.A. § 516
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 516. Confidentiality

§ 516. Confidentiality|(a) Any health care information about an individual to be tested shall be collected only by a medical review officer. This information shall be confidential and shall not be released to anyone except the individual tested, and may not be obtained by court order or process, except as provided in this subchapter. In addition, a medical review officer shall not reveal the identity of an individual being tested to any person, including the laboratory.(b) Employers, medical review officers, laboratories, and the agents of any of these, who receive or have access to information about drug test results, shall keep all information confidential. Release of such information under any other circumstance shall be solely pursuant to a written consent form signed voluntarily by the person tested, except where such release is compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with an action brought under this subchapter.(c) If information about drug test results is released contrary to the provisions of this subchapter, it shall be inadmissible as evidence in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, except in a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with an action brought under this subchapter. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; amended 2001, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 1, 2002; 2015, No. 23, § 12.)
21 V.S.A. § 517
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 517. Employer's authority

§ 517. Employer's authority|This subchapter shall not restrict an employer's authority to prohibit the nonprescribed use of drugs or alcohol during work hours, or restrict an employer's authority to discipline, suspend, or dismiss an employee for being under the influence of drugs or alcohol during work hours, except as that authority is restricted under subsection 513(c)(3) of this title in reference to participation in an employee assistance program or suspension. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.)
21 V.S.A. § 518
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 518. Designated laboratory; rule making authority of the Commissioner

§ 518. Designated laboratory; rule making authority of the Commissioner|(a) The Department of Health shall designate laboratories to test body fluids or materials for drugs. Such laboratories must be able to document competency in regard to personnel, quality assurance programs, methodology and equipment, on site confirmation of positive screening tests, security, confidentiality, and expert testimony.(b) A laboratory that fails to comply with the provisions of this subchapter relating to the confirmation and reporting of test information and the release of confidential information shall lose its designation under this subsection.(c) The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 establishing nontherapeutic levels of therapeutic drugs by establishing a range of values considering average medical use for each particular drug or metabolite authorized to be tested under this subchapter. (Added 1987, No. 61.)
21 V.S.A. § 519
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 519. Enforcement

§ 519. Enforcement|(a) Private right of action. An applicant or employee aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action for injunctive relief, damages, court costs, and attorney's fees.(b) Burden of proof. In a private right of action alleging that an employer has violated this subchapter, the employer has the burden of proving that the requirements of sections 513, 514, and 516 of this title have been satisfied. In any civil action alleging that a laboratory has violated the reporting or confidentiality sections of this subchapter, the laboratory shall have the burden of proving that the requirements of sections 514 and 516 of this title have been satisfied.(c) State action to obtain civil penalty. A person who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500.00 nor more than $2,000.00.(d) State action to obtain criminal penalty. A person who knowingly violates any provision of this subchapter shall be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or shall be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (Added 1987, No. 61, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.)
21 V.S.A. § 561
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 5 - Employment Practices|§ 561. Health coverage status discrimination prohibited

§ 561. Health coverage status discrimination prohibited|(a) For the purposes of this section:  (1) "Employee" shall have the same meaning as in section 2002 of this title. (2) "Employer" shall have the same meaning as in section 2002 of this title.   (b)(1) No employer or employment agency or agent of either shall inquire about the health coverage status of a job applicant or in any way discriminate among applicants or employees on the basis of health coverage status.  (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent:  (A) an employer, employment agency, or agent from informing an applicant about the employer's health coverage benefits; or (B) an employer from inquiring about the health coverage status of an employee to enable the employer to determine the number of uncovered employees pursuant to chapter 25 of this title, provided that the inquiry conforms to the employer obligations in chapter 25 of this title.    (c) Any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of this subchapter may bring an action in Superior Court seeking compensatory and punitive damages or equitable relief, including restraint of prohibited acts, restitution of wages or other benefits, reinstatement, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and other appropriate relief. (Added 2007, No. 70, § 28.)
21 V.S.A. § 602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 602. Process and procedure

§ 602. Process and procedure|(a) All process and procedure under the provisions of this chapter shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be. The Commissioner may make rules not inconsistent with such provisions for carrying out the same and shall cause to be printed and furnished, free of charge, to any employer or employee such forms as he or she deems necessary to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of such provisions.(b) The Commissioner shall determine the form in which reports are filed and what shall constitute a signature on the reports, including those filed in other than paper form, such as electronically or over telephone lines.(c) Any communication from an employer or an insurer to a claimant that is not otherwise required to be provided on a form prescribed by the Commissioner must include a statement advising the claimant that he or she should contact the Department of Labor's Workers' Compensation Division to determine any right to object or appeal, as provided by law, and to seek information from the Department on the process and procedures. (Amended 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § B17; 2013, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 61, eff. June 24, 2014.)
21 V.S.A. § 603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 603. Witnesses, oaths, books, papers, records

§ 603. Witnesses, oaths, books, papers, records|(a) So far as it is necessary in his or her examinations and investigations and in the determination of matters within his or her jurisdiction, the Commissioner shall have power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and to demand the production of books, papers, records, and documents for his or her examination.(b) The Superior Court, a justice of the Supreme Court, or a Superior judge shall have power to enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of such books, papers, records, and documents before the Commissioner, and in the case of a corporation, the provisions of 11 V.S.A. §§ 441-444 shall apply. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
21 V.S.A. § 604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 604. Manner of trying causes; evidence

§ 604. Manner of trying causes; evidence|The Commissioner shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure except as provided in this chapter, but he or she may make such investigation or inquiry or conduct such hearing or trial in such manner as to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties. Declarations of the deceased employee concerning his or her accident may be received in evidence and shall be sufficient to establish the accident and the injury, if corroborated by circumstances or other evidence.
21 V.S.A. § 605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 605. Testimony of person without the State, how taken

§ 605. Testimony of person without the State, how taken|Upon the application of a party in a cause pending before him or her and on such notice to the adverse party or his or her attorney as he or she thinks reasonable, the Commissioner may issue a commission to a person designated by the Commissioner, to take the testimony of a person residing or being without the state. Such testimony shall be taken upon interrogatories settled by order of the Commissioner or upon oral examination, as he or she directs.
21 V.S.A. § 606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 606. Determination of questions

§ 606. Determination of questions|Questions arising under the provisions of this chapter, if not settled by agreement of the parties interested therein with the approval of the Commissioner, shall be determined, except as otherwise provided, by the Commissioner.
21 V.S.A. § 607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 607. Decisions; enforcement; appeals

§ 607. Decisions; enforcement; appeals|The decisions of the Commissioner shall be enforceable by the Superior Court under the provisions of section 675 of this title. From such a decision an appeal shall lie in the same manner as other appeals from the Commissioner. However, in no case shall such an appeal operate as a supersedeas or stay unless he, she, or the court to which such appeal is taken shall so order. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
21 V.S.A. § 608
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 608. Application of chapter when State not an employer

§ 608. Application of chapter when State not an employer|The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to make the State an employer where it only renders State aid to a municipality or approves of its plans or supervisors.
21 V.S.A. § 610
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 610. Election by State as employer

§ 610. Election by State as employer|The provisions of this chapter relating to the State as an employer shall be deemed to be an election by the State where an election is required by the provisions of this chapter.
21 V.S.A. § 616
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 616. Employments covered

§ 616. Employments covered|(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and other provisions of this chapter, this chapter shall apply to all employment in this State, and where provided, to employment outside of the State.(b) This chapter does not apply to employment in any case where the laws of the United States of America provide for compensation, by an employer to his or her employee, for injury or death in employment. However, if jurisdiction is vested in this State under such laws, this chapter shall apply to the employment. (Amended 1967, No. 51; 1973, No. 70, § 2.)
21 V.S.A. § 619
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 619. Injuries outside State

§ 619. Injuries outside State|If a worker who has been hired in this State receives personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of such employment, he or she shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of this State even though such injury was received outside this State. (Amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
21 V.S.A. § 620
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 620. Worker hired outside State

§ 620. Worker hired outside State|If a worker who has been hired outside this State is injured while engaged in his or her employer's business and is entitled to compensation for such injury under the law of the state where he or she was hired, he or she shall be entitled to enforce against his or her employer his or her rights in this State, if his or her rights are such that they can be reasonably determined and dealt with by the Commissioner and the court in this State. (Amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
21 V.S.A. § 621
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 621. Interstate commerce

§ 621. Interstate commerce|The provisions of this chapter shall affect the liability of employers to employees engaged in interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise only so far as the same is permissible under the laws of the United States.
21 V.S.A. § 622
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 622. Right to compensation exclusive

§ 622. Right to compensation exclusive|Except as provided in subsection 618(b) and section 624 of this title, the rights and remedies granted by the provisions of this chapter to an employee on account of a personal injury for which he or she is entitled to compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall exclude all other rights and remedies of the employee, the employee's personal representatives, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or otherwise on account of such injury. (Amended 1997, No. 19, § 2.)
21 V.S.A. § 623
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 623. Contracts to work outside State

§ 623. Contracts to work outside State|Employers who hire workers within this State to work outside the State may agree with such workers that the remedies under the provisions of this chapter shall be exclusive as regards injuries received outside this State by accident arising out of and in the course of such employment. All contracts of hiring in this State shall be presumed to include such an agreement. (Amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
21 V.S.A. § 625
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation|§ 625. Contracting out forbidden

§ 625. Contracting out forbidden|An employer shall not be relieved in whole or in part from liability created by the provisions of this chapter by any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever. (Amended 1963, No. 134, § 1, eff. June 6, 1963.)