Creates a right for employees to ignore communications from employers, including nonprofits, during nonworking hours; allows employers to contact employees during nonworking hours only in case of emergency or when the employee's schedule changes within 24 hours of their next assigned hours of work; requires employers to create a policy establishing the right to disconnect from employer communications during nonworking hours; prohibits employer right-to-disconnect policies from reducing employee rights to wages or time off; establishes an employee complaint mechanism for patterns of violations, with administrative penalties of not less than $100.
State Name
Vermont
Bill #
H.263
Status
Adjourned; Not Enacted
Category
3. Workforce
Subcategory
Employee Protections
Status Text
Introduced or Prefiled
Year Proposed
2025
State Taxonomy
Bill Page
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.263