Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 976
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 976
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Employee: means a State employee as defined by subdivision (5) of this section except as the context requires otherwise. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Retaliatory action: includes any adverse performance or disciplinary action, including discharge, suspension, reprimand, demotion, denial of promotion, imposition of a performance warning period, or involuntary transfer or reassignment that is given in retaliation for the State employee's involvement in a protected activity, as set forth in section 973 of this title. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 976. Remedies
A State employee who brings a claim in Superior Court may be awarded the following remedies:
(1) reinstatement of the employee to the same position, seniority, and work location held prior to the retaliatory action;
(2) back pay, lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration;
(3) in the event of a showing of a willful, intentional, and egregious violation of this subchapter, an amount up to the amount of back pay in addition to the actual back pay;
(4) other compensatory damages;
(5) interest on back pay;
(6) appropriate injunctive relief; and
(7) reasonable costs and attorney’s fees. (Added 2007, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 13, 2008.)