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21 V.S.A. § 1316
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1316. Furnishing data

§ 1316. Furnishing data|Upon request therefor, the Commissioner shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961.)
21 V.S.A. § 1317
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1317. Railroad Retirement Board

§ 1317. Railroad Retirement Board|The Commissioner may make available to the Railroad Retirement Board such records relating to the administration of this chapter as that Board deems necessary for its purposes in administering the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and may furnish copies of such records to the Board at the latter's expense. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961.)
21 V.S.A. § 1318
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1318. Reciprocal benefit arrangements

§ 1318. Reciprocal benefit arrangements|(a) The Commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government whereby potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of the several states or under such law of the federal government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which the Commissioner finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in any substantial loss to the Fund, and the Commissioner is authorized to reimburse such state or federal agency for such benefits as may be paid by that agency upon the basis of wages received in employment subject to this chapter or to receive from such state or federal agency such amounts as may be paid from the Fund upon the basis of wages received in employment subject to the laws of such state or of the federal government.(b) The Commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this chapter with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other states which are approved by the Secretary of Labor of the United States in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in such situation and which include provisions for:  (1) applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more state unemployment compensation laws; and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.   (c) Reimbursements paid from the Fund pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter, except that no charge on account of said reimbursements shall be made to an employer's experience rating record under subsection 1325(a) of this title. Benefits paid from the Fund to an individual, under arrangements entered into pursuant to this section, shall not be charged to an employer's experience rating record under subsection 1325(a) of this title when such benefits would not have been payable to the individual but for this section because of lack of wages in subject employment necessary to qualify for benefits under section 1338 of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1969, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 9, 1970; 1971, No. 77, § 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1971.)
21 V.S.A. § 1319
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1319. Agreements for collection and payment of contributions

§ 1319. Agreements for collection and payment of contributions|Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1301(6)(A) of this title, the Commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government adjusting the collecting and payment of contributions by employers for services of individuals not performed wholly within the jurisdiction of this State. Under the agreements, services may be agreed to be considered for all purposes, in the Commissioner's discretion, as wholly within or wholly outside of the jurisdiction of this State. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 2021, No. 20, § 221.)
21 V.S.A. § 1322
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1322. Reports; liability

§ 1322. Reports; liability|(a) Every employer shall file with the Commissioner periodic reports on such forms and at such times as the Commissioner may prescribe to disclose his or her liability for contributions under this chapter.(b) Every employer subject to this chapter who sells in bulk 50 percent or more of his or her assets, including any stock of goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind, fixtures, machinery, equipment, buildings, or real estate, when such sale constitutes the sale of the employer's business to another shall give the Commissioner 10 days' notice of the sale before the completion of the transfer of the property. The employer shall file all contribution reports with the Commissioner to the date of the proposed transfer of property and pay all contributions, interest, and penalties due and payable thereon. The employer shall also file the detailed quarterly wage report required by section 1314a of this title (subsequent to June 30, 1986) covering employee wages to date of proposed transfer. When the reports are filed the Commissioner shall furnish to the employer within 10 days thereafter a certificate showing that all reports have been filed and contributions, interest, and penalties paid to the date of the proposed transfer. If the certificate is not furnished by the Commissioner within 10 days no liability may thereafter be imposed upon the purchaser. The employer shall present the certificate to the purchaser of the property. The failure of the purchaser to require the certificate makes the purchaser liable to the Commissioner for the unpaid contributions, interest, and penalties owed by the employer in an amount not to exceed the reasonable value of the assets purchased. The liability imposed upon the purchaser by this subsection shall be secondary to the liability of the employer.(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to sales made under any order of court or to any sales made by assignees for the benefit of creditors, executors, administrators, receivers, or any public officer in his or her official capacity or by any officer of the court or to any other transfer excepted under Uniform Commercial Code, 9A V.S.A. § 6-103.(d) An employing unit which has been liable otherwise than by its election to pay contributions as an employer under this chapter for any calendar year shall file such reports and pay such contributions for the next succeeding calendar year as the Commissioner may prescribe. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1967, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1968; 1985, No. 50, § 7.)
21 V.S.A. § 1322a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1322a. Out-of-state or nonresident subcontractors

§ 1322a. Out-of-state or nonresident subcontractors|Any contractor, who is or becomes an employer under the provisions of this chapter, who contracts with any out-of-state or nonresident subcontractor, who also is or becomes an employer under the provisions of this chapter, shall withhold sufficient monies on said contract to guarantee that all contributions, penalties, and interest are paid upon completion of said contract, or shall require of said subcontractor a good and sufficient bond guaranteeing payment of all contributions, penalties, and interest due or to become due with respect to wages paid for employment on said contract. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall render said contractor directly liable for such contributions, penalties, and interest due from said subcontractor and the Commissioner shall have all of the remedies of collection against said contractor under the provisions of this chapter as though the services in question were performed directly for said contractor. Any such contractor who shall become liable for and pay contributions with respect to individuals in the employ of any such subcontractor may recover the same from such subcontractor. For the purpose of this section, the words "contractor" and "subcontractor" mean and include individuals, partnerships, firms or corporations, or other associations of persons engaged in the business of construction, alteration, repairing, dismantling, or demolition of buildings, roads, bridges, viaducts, sewers, water and gas mains, streets, disposal plants, water filters, tanks and towers, airports, dams, water wells, pipelines, and every other type of structure, project, development, or improvement coming within the definition of real property. (Added 1965, No. 115, eff. June 22, 1965.)
21 V.S.A. § 1323
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1323. Termination of coverage; agreement by employee to make contribution

§ 1323. Termination of coverage; agreement by employee to make contribution|(a) An employing unit shall cease to be an employer subject to this chapter only as of the first day of January of any calendar year, if it files with the Commissioner, on or before March 31 next following, a written application for termination of coverage, and the Commissioner finds that such employing unit was not an employer during the preceding calendar year, but these requirements may be waived by the Commissioner for good cause.(b) The Commissioner may terminate coverage of any employing unit on his or her own motion when he or she finds that the employing unit has not selected coverage in accordance with subdivision 1301(5)(E) of this title and:  (1) that the employing unit has not been an employer for the period of one year immediately preceding; or (2) that the person who is the employing unit is deceased; or (3) that the employing unit has ceased to employ at least one person within the State.   (c) Any agreement by an individual in his or her employ to pay the whole or any portion of the employer contributions required by this chapter shall be void and no employer shall make any deduction for such purpose from the wages or salary of any individual in his or her employ. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1969, No. 43.)
21 V.S.A. § 1324
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1324. Rate of contribution

§ 1324. Rate of contribution|(a) For contribution rate years beginning prior to July 1, 1987, the standard rate of contributions shall be five and four-tenths percent. Each employer who has not been subject to this chapter for a sufficient period of time to have his or her rate computed under section 1326 of this title shall pay contributions at a rate, not exceeding five and four-tenths percent, that is the higher of (1) one percent or (2) that percent represented by rate class 11 in applicable rate schedule determined pursuant to section 1326 of this title, in effect with respect to the calendar quarter for which contributions are payable.(b) For contribution rate years beginning July 1, 1987 and subsequent thereto:  (1) the standard rate of contributions shall be five and four-tenths percent; (2) each employer who has not been subject to this chapter for a sufficient period of time to have the rate computed under section 1326 of this title shall pay contributions at the rate of one percent, except that foreign corporations classified in the three-digit North American Industry Classification System Code as 236, 237, or 238 shall pay contributions at a rate equal to the average rate as of the most recent computation date paid by all employers so classified. (Amended 1971, No. 77, § 4, eff. Dec. 31, 1971; 1977, No. 64, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; 1983, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 81; 2001, No. 56, § 3; 2003, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
21 V.S.A. § 1327
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1327. Rate, reduction, conditions

§ 1327. Rate, reduction, conditions|No employer's contribution rate shall be reduced from five and four-tenths percent for any rate year, except as provided in section 1324 of this title, unless and until his or her experience-rating record has been chargeable with benefits throughout the three consecutive calendar years immediately preceding the rate year with respect to which said rate shall be reduced and contributions were payable by him or her with respect to such three calendar years; provided that an employer who has not been subject to the law for a period of time sufficient to meet this requirement may qualify for a reduced rate if his or her record has been chargeable with benefits throughout a lesser number of consecutive calendar years but in no event less than one calendar year immediately preceding the rate year with respect to which said rate shall be reduced and contributions were payable by him or her with respect to such period. (Amended 1963, No. 106, § 3; 1971, No. 77, § 5, eff. Dec. 31, 1971; 1983, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
21 V.S.A. § 1328
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1328. Filing employer quarterly tax contribution reports; failure

§ 1328. Filing employer quarterly tax contribution reports; failure|The Commissioner shall impose a penalty of $100.00 for each failure by an employer to file any contribution report required under section 1322 of this title on or before the date on which the report is due, which shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of contributions in section 1329 of this title and shall be paid into the Contingent Fund provided in section 1365 of this title. If the employer demonstrates that its failure was due to a reasonable cause, the Commissioner may waive or reduce the penalty. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1963, No. 106, § 5; 1967, No. 178; 1985, No. 50, § 9; 1989, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2009, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
21 V.S.A. § 1330
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1330. Assessment provided

§ 1330. Assessment provided|When any employer fails to pay any contributions or payments required under this chapter the Commissioner shall make an assessment of contributions against such employer together with interest and penalty thereon. After making the assessment, due notice shall be given thereof, by ordinary or certified mail, to the employer and the assessment shall be final unless the employer petitions for a hearing on such assessment within the time hereinafter specified. (Amended 1961, No. 210, § 7, eff. July 11, 1961; 1989, No. 8, § 1; 1989, No. 8, § 1; 1991, No. 82, § 2.)
21 V.S.A. § 1331
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1331. Notice; hearing

§ 1331. Notice; hearing|Any employer against whom an assessment is made may, within 30 days after date thereof, file with the Commissioner a petition for a hearing before a referee appointed for such purpose, which petition shall set forth specifically and in detail the grounds upon which it is claimed the assessment is erroneous. Hearing or hearings on the assessment shall be held by the referee at such times and places as may be provided by rules and regulations of the Board and due notice of the time and place of such hearing or hearings shall be given by ordinary or certified mail to the petitioner. After hearing as above provided, the petitioner shall be promptly notified 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 employer or Commissioner makes application for review thereof by the Board within 30 days after date thereof or unless the Board, on its own motion within said period, initiates a review thereof. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 8, eff. July 11, 1961; 1989, No. 8, § 2; 1991, No. 82, § 3.)
21 V.S.A. § 1332
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1332. Review by board; Supreme Court appeal

§ 1332. Review by board; Supreme Court appeal|The Board, upon an application filed or on its own motion, within the time specified, shall, on notice to interested parties, review the decision of the referee. Before rendering its decision, the Board may order the taking of additional evidence by the referee or, in its discretion, the Board may hear additional evidence to be made a part of the record in the case. Upon the basis of evidence previously submitted in the case and such additional evidence as the Board may take or direct to be taken, the Board may affirm, modify, or reverse the findings and conclusions of the referee and shall render its decision thereon. The parties shall be promptly notified by ordinary or certified mail of the findings of fact, conclusions, and decision of the Board. The decision of the Board shall be final unless an appeal is taken therefrom to the Supreme Court. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 9, eff. July 11, 1961; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 195, eff. March 29, 1972; 1989, No. 8, § 3; 1991, No. 82, § 4.)
21 V.S.A. § 1334
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1334. Judgment; exception

§ 1334. Judgment; exception|(a) Any liability for contributions, payments, penalties, interest, and costs imposed under this chapter becomes, from the time the liability is due and payable, a debt of the liable employer or employing unit to the State for the benefit of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and the Contingent Fund to be recovered in a civil action.(b) The Commissioner may file in the Superior Court for the county wherein the employer resides, or the Washington Superior Court if the employer is a nonresident, a certified copy of an assessment for contributions from which an appeal has not been taken within the time allowed therefor, whereupon such court after due notice to all parties interested, shall summarily render a final judgment in accordance therewith. Such judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though such judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by such court, provided, however, there shall not be an appeal therefrom except on matters of law heard and determined in such court.(c) When an assessment has been made under section 1330 of this title from which a timely appeal has not been taken or when any appeal taken has been finally determined under sections 1331 and 1332 of this title, the Commissioner may, as an additional or alternate remedy to other remedies and proceedings authorized by this chapter, issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of any county of this State. The warrant shall command the sheriff to levy upon and sell the real and personal property of any person liable for unpaid contributions, payments, interest, penalties, and costs due under this chapter, for payment of the amount due and the cost of executing the warrant, and to return the warrant to the Commissioner and to pay him or her the money collected by virtue of the warrant within 60 days after receipt of the warrant. The sheriff shall within five days after receipt of the warrant file with the county clerk a copy of the warrant, and the clerk shall then enter in the judgment docket the name of the person liable, the amount of the contributions, payments, interest, penalties, and costs for which the warrant is issued and the date when the copy is filed. The levy and sale shall be effected in the manner prescribed for levy of execution. If a warrant is returned not fully satisfied, the Commissioner may from time to time issue new warrants for the balance due in accordance with the procedure described hereinabove. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1977, No. 64, § 15.)
21 V.S.A. § 1337
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1337. Adjustments and refunds

§ 1337. Adjustments and refunds|If not later than three years after the date on which any contributions or interest thereon became due, an employer who has paid such contributions or interest thereon shall make application for an adjustment thereof in connection with subsequent contribution payments, or for a refund thereof because such adjustment cannot be made, and the Commissioner shall determine that such payments or any portion thereof were erroneously collected, the Commissioner shall allow such employer to make an adjustment thereof, without interest, in connection with subsequent payments by him or her, or if such adjustment cannot be made, shall refund said amount without interest from the fund. For like cause and within the same period, adjustment or refund may be so made on the Commissioner's own initiative. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1997, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
21 V.S.A. § 1337a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Unemployment Compensation|§ 1337a. Administrative determination; hearing on

§ 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 date thereof, file with the Commissioner a petition for a hearing thereon, which petition shall set forth specifically and in detail the grounds upon which it is claimed the administrative determination is erroneous. Hearing or hearings on such petition shall be held by a referee appointed for such purpose, at such times and places as may be provided by rules of the Board, and due notice of the time and place of such hearing or hearings shall be given by ordinary or certified mail to the petitioner.(b) After hearing as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the petitioner shall be promptly notified 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 thereof by the Board within 30 days after date thereof or unless the Board, on its own motion within said period, initiates a review thereof. (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.)