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Are Your Workplace Policies Compliant with Vermont’s New Leave Law? A 4-Step Action Plan for Employers

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Vermont employers should ensure compliance with an update to the state’s Parental and Family Leave Act (PFLA). H. 461, which took effect on July 1, expands PFLA and now covers individuals in nontraditional family structures....more

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Vermont Enacts Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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On June 12, 2025, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), which will impose a range of obligations on businesses that offer online products, services, or features likely to be...more

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Vermont Expands Family Leave Protections: New Entitlements and Broader Definitions

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Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed legislation extending the protections of the state’s unpaid family leave law. The expansion extends safe leave, bereavement leave, and qualifying exigency leave to employees of employers...more

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The Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act: What You Need to Know

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Vermont recently adopted the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2027. The law is enforceable by the Vermont Attorney General as an unfair or deceptive act or practice. The Attorney...more

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Vermont bans credit reporting of medical debt

On May 16, the governor of Vermont signed into law S 27, an act that is meant to provide medical debt relief for Vermont residents by, among other things, excluding medical debt from credit reporting. For fiscal year 2026, $1...more

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Vermont and Pennsylvania Embrace Virtual Currency Regulation

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In a continuing trend across U.S. states, Vermont and Pennsylvania have shown their intent to establish more oversight over the digital currency sector. New legislative amendments to Vermont’s financial services laws include...more

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Vermont Overhauls its Renewable Energy Standard with the Passage of H.289

On Monday, June 17, the Vermont legislature passed H.289 to significantly reform the Renewable Energy Standard (“RES”) (30 V.S.A. §§ 8001-8016), overriding Governor Phil Scott’s veto of the bill by a vote of 21-8 in the...more

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Vermont Law Requires Energy Companies to Pay for Climate Change Damage

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Vermont passed a first-of-its-kind law requiring energy companies to pay for part of the damages from extreme weather events, but the law likely will face legal challenges....more

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Pay Transparency in the Green Mountain State: Vermont Adopts New Pay Equity Law

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Vermont will soon join nine other states across the country which require employers to disclose compensation in job postings. Governor Phil Scott signed the bill into law Tuesday and it will take effect on July 1, 2025 —...more

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Mixing Things Up Like a Certain Ice Cream Maker: Vermont Passes Consumer Data Privacy Law

Just past midnight on May 11, 2024, the Vermont Legislature passed H.121, the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA). If signed into law, the VDPA would become the most onerous state comprehensive privacy law in the country. Among...more

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California’s “Delete Act” Significantly Expands Requirements for Data Brokers

California recently passed a groundbreaking new law aimed at further regulating the data broker industry. California is already one of only three states (along with Oregon and Vermont) that require data brokers—businesses...more

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Vermont Joins Growing Number of States Allowing Medical Monitoring for Alleged Exposure to Chemicals

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On April 21st, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law Senate Bill 113 that provides a cause of action for medical monitoring for individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. The new law specifically provides persons without a...more

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