{"id":"DUT-VT-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 21, chapter 3, subchapter 5)","authority":"29 U.S.C. sec. 667; 21 V.S.A. secs. 201, 223, 224","instrument":"21 V.S.A. sec. 210 (Penalties)","title":"Penalties (VOSHA Code)","dateIssued":"2017-06-08","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2017-06-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"Any employer that willfully or repeatedly violates the requirements of this Code... may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $126,749.00 for each violation, but not less than $5,000.00 for each willful violation. (2) Any employer that has received a citation for a serious violation... shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to $12,675.00 for each violation.","enforcement":"willful or repeated: up to $126,749 per violation, not less than $5,000 per willful violation; serious: up to $12,675 per violation; other: up to $12,675 per violation; failure to correct: up to $12,675 per day; willful violation causing death: fine up to $126,749 or imprisonment up to one year; amounts adjusted each January 1 by the CPI","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer to comply with the VOSHA Code, its standards, rules and orders (including the general duty of sec. 223, the Commissioner of Health\u0027s orders under 18 V.S.A. sec. 1418 and the COVID-19 Healthcare ETS adopted in July 2021), on pain of civil penalties assessed by the Review Board, adjusted annually for inflation, and criminal penalties for willful violations causing death and for false statements.","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/003/00210","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":47494,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-015","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 21, chapter 3, subchapter 5), 21 V.S.A. sec. 210 (Penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-015)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["DUT-VT-010","DUT-VT-014"]}