§ 692 - Penalties - Vermont Statutes

§ 692. Penalties

(a) If after hearing under section 688 of this title, the commissioner determines that an employer has failed to comply with the provisions of section 687 of this title, the employer shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than $100.00 for every day the employer neglected to secure liability.

(b) Additionally, an employer who fails to comply with the provisions of section 687 of this title for a period of five days after notice from the commissioner shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than $250.00 for every day after five days that the employer fails to secure workers' compensation coverage as required in section 687 of this title. The commissioner may, after giving notice and after the expiration of the five-day period, post a notice at a conspicuous place on the premises of the employer informing the employees that their employer has failed to comply with the provisions of section 687 of this title and ordering the premises closed until workers' compensation insurance is secured.

(c) If any employer fails to secure or retain workers' compensation insurance within two years after receiving an order to obtain insurance or a notice that the commissioner intends to order the premises closed as described in subsection (b) of this section, without further notice the commissioner shall order the premises of that employer closed and that all business operations cease until the employer has secured workers' compensation insurance. (Amended 1977, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 3, 1978; 1985, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1993, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1997, No. 19, §§ 8, 9; 2007, No. 57, § 2.)