§ 3166 - Compensation assignments, employer acceptance required - Vermont Statutes

§ 3166. Compensation assignments, employer acceptance required

(a) If the compensation of a person due him for work and labor performed is attached under this chapter, the employer of the person shall, upon the request of the employee, accept a compensation assignment in an amount not in excess of 10 percent of the employee's compensation, payable to the attaching creditor or his agent.

(b) If the employer fails to accept the assignment within ten days from the date that it is presented to him, he shall be liable to the creditor in the same manner as if the assignment had been formally accepted. (Added 1967, No. 323 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 22, 1968.)