Vermont Earned Sick Time Poster

HOW IS SICK TIME EARNED?	 	
HOW	 CAN SICK TIME BE USED?	 	
 	
V	ermont’s Earned Sick Time Act	 	
Notice of Employee Rights	 	
 	
WHEN DOES ACCRUAL BEGIN?	 	
 	
IS THERE AN EXCEPTION	 	
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES?	 	
 	
WHEN WILL PAID SICK TIME	 	
BE AVAILABLE TO USE?	 	
 
ARE	 ALL EMPL	OYEES ENTITLED 	
TO SICK TIME?	 	
 	
An employee will earn one hour of 
earned sick time for every 52 hours of 
actual work, including overtime. An 
employee will be entitled to use up to 
40 hours in 2019 and s	ubsequent years.	 	
 	
An employee begins accruing sick 
leave on January 1st, 2017 or on the 
first day	 of employment, whichever 	
comes later.	 	
An employee can use sick time when 
the employee or employee’s child, 
parent, grandparent, spouse, or parent	-	
in	- law is sick or injured. This includes 	
helping a family member obtain health 
care or travel to an app	ointment related 	
to his or her long	-term care, or to 	
address the effects of domestic violence, 
sexual assault or s	talking. An employee 	
may use earned sick time to care for a 
family member because the school or 
business where the family member is 
located is	 closed for public health or 	
safety reasons	. 	
A small business that emp	loys 	
five or fewer full	-time employees 	
will not be subject to the Act until 
January 1st, 2018.	 	
 
An employer may elect to allow the 
use of	 earned sick time as it accru	es, 	
or may	 impose a waiting period of 	
up to 	one year after January 1st, 	
2017 or the first day of employment, 
whichever comes later.	 	
 
Not all employees are subject to the 
protections of the Act. There are 
limited exemptions for certain types 
of employment, as w	ell as	 for 	
certain seasonal and part time 
employees. For a complete list, go 
to: 	 	
http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/ 
section/21/005/00481	 	
 	
FOR MORE INFORMATION, 	 	
or to report suspected violations of the Act, contact the	 	
Vermont Department of Labor at	 	
1-802	-828	-0267