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April 4th, 2016 
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Beginning January, 2017, Vermont workers will receive paid sick leave.
The state of Vermont recently passed a law that requires employers to provide paid sick leave for Vermont workers. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin estimated that approximately 60,000 workers do not currently get paid time off from work when they are ill. He said that many of those workers are in low wage positions, including food service, and usually go to work while ill. Doing so, he said, puts “the health of other workers, the workplace, and all of us at risk.”
Beginning January, 2017, Vermonters who work full time will be eligible for at least three days of paid sick leave from work each year. Beginning in 2019, the number of paid sick days will increase to five. Sick leave may be used if an employee is ill, has an ill family member or loved one, or is arranging care for the employee or a family member or loved one. The law also prohibits employers from preventing or punishing employees from using sick leave.
Workers will have to be employed for a period of time, a probationary period, before they are eligible for paid sick leave. Most full-time and part-time employees are covered by the law, but temporary workers and workers under 18 years of age are not.
Vermont becomes the fifth state in the Union to require paid sick leave, joining California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Oregon. The District of Columbia and approximately 20 cities also require paid sick leave.
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