Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 472a
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 472a
- Employee: means a person who, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, has been continuously employed by the same employer for a period of one year for an average of at least 30 hours per week. See
- Employer: means an individual, organization, or governmental body, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in or operating within this State which for the purposes of parental leave employs 10 or more individuals who are employed for an average of at least 30 hours per week during a year and for the purposes of family leave employs 15 or more individuals for an average of at least 30 hours per week during a year. See
- Family leave: means a leave of absence from employment by an employee who works for an employer which employs 15 or more individuals who are employed for an average of at least 30 hours per week during the year for one of the following reasons:
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
§ 472a. Short-term family leave
(a) In addition to the leave provided in section 472 of this title, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave not to exceed four hours in any 30-day period and not to exceed 24 hours in any 12-month period. An employer may require that leave be taken in a minimum of two-hour segments and may be taken for any of the following purposes:
(1) To participate in preschool or school activities directly related to the academic educational advancement of the employee’s child, stepchild, foster child, or ward who lives with the employee, such as a parent-teacher conference.
(2) To attend or to accompany the employee’s child, stepchild, foster child, or ward who lives with the employee or the employee’s parent, spouse, or parent-in-law to routine medical or dental appointments.
(3) To accompany the employee’s parent, spouse, or parent-in-law to other appointments for professional services related to their care and well-being.
(4) To respond to a medical emergency involving the employee’s child, stepchild, foster child, or ward who lives with the employee or the employee’s parent, spouse, or parent-in-law.
(b) An employee shall make a reasonable attempt to schedule appointments for which leave may be taken under this section outside of regular work hours. In order to take leave under this section, an employee shall provide the employer with the earliest possible notice, but in no case later than seven days, before leave is to be taken except in the case of an emergency. In this subsection, “emergency” means circumstances where the required seven day notice could have a significant adverse impact on the family member of the employee.
(c) At the employee’s discretion, the employee may use accrued paid leave, including vacation and personal leave. (Added 1997, No. 41, § 2.)