Vermont Notice of Workers' Compensation Reinstatement Rights

The Notice of Workers' Compensation Reinstatement Rights is a Vermont general labor law poster poster provided for businesses by the Vermont Department Of Labor. This notification is required for some employers, such as employers who employ 10 or more people.

This poster declares that workers in the State of Vermont are entitled to protections which allow for reinstatement to a job or reemployment following an on the job incident. This ruling is grounded in Title 21 of the Vermont Statues, Annotated ?643b. Specifically, it holds that employers with 10 or more employees under their tenure must comply with several requirements, including:

One, if an employee recovers from injuries sustained in a workplace incident within two years of the event, they must be reinstated. Two, employees must keep employers informed of their recovery status and contact information; employers are charged with actively trying to keep this information current. Three, the worker had an expectation of continued employment should an incident not have occurred. Four, the worker is physically capable of returning to their previous post of employment, or of filling another one should the former prove impossible. Readers of the poster are encouraged at its end to contact the Vermont Department of Labor, specifically the Workers? Compensation and Safety Division for more information concerning worker reinstatement and related protections under the law.

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Workers’ Compensation
Reinstatement Rights Notice
21 V.S.A. § 643b Reinstatement
An employer who regularly employs 10 or more people (at least 10 of
whom work more than 15 hours a week), has an obligation to rehire a
worker who has suffered a work-related injury, provided that the following
conditions are met:
1.The worker recovers from the injury within two (2) years of the onset
of disability;
2.The worker keeps the employer informed of his or her interest in
reinstatement and his or her current mailing address;
3.The worker had an expectation of continuing work had injury not
occurred; and
4.The worker is physically capable of performing either their prior job, if
available, or an alternative suitable position.
Reinstatement must be with all benefits earned up to the date of injury,
including both seniority and accrued leave time. Such benefits need not accrue
during the period of actual disability.
Please note that the right to reinstatement applies only to the first available
suitable job. Thus, the employer is not obligated either to create an “extra”
position for a returning worker or to layoff a current employee in order to
comply with this law.
Questions regarding the above should be referred to the Vermont Department
of Labor, Workers’ Compensation and Safety Division at 802-828-2286 or our
website: www.labor.vermont.gov.

THIS IS A MANDATORY POSTER
Vermont Department of Labor
P.O. Box 488, Montpelier, VT
[email protected]
(802) 828-4000 | Fax: (802) 865-7655



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Vermont Labor Law Poster Sources:

• Original poster PDF URL: https://labor.vermont.gov/sites/labor/files/documents/12.%20Workers%27%20Compensation%20Reinstatement%20Rights%20Notice.pdf , last updated January 2025
• Vermont Labor Law Poster Page at https://labor.vermont.gov/mandatory-workplace-posters-vermont
• Vermont Department Of Labor at http://labor.vermont.gov/