An act relating to expanding coverage of the minimum wage and overtime laws and maintaining the authority of the Attorney General to enforce complaints of employee misclassification
H.347 would raise Vermont's minimum wage to $20.00 per hour starting January 1, 2026, with annual adjustments based on inflation. It eliminates the current exemption for agricultural workers from overtime pay, phasing in overtime requirements over time (from 60 hours/week to 40 hours/week by 2036), and removes the separate "tipped minimum wage," requiring all tipped workers to earn at least the full minimum wage. The bill also sets a new salary threshold of $1,128,000 annually (adjusted yearly) for workers to qualify as exempt from overtime and minimum wage rules, and removes the option for subminimum wages for people with disabilities. It maintains the Attorney General's authority to enforce employee misclassification complaints.
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introduced
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Last action Feb 25, 2025
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Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing
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Bob Hooper
DDemocratic
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Brian Cina
DDemocratic/Progressive
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Chloe Tomlinson
DDemocratic/Progressive
P
Esme Cole
DDemocratic
P
Jubilee McGill
DDemocratic
P
Kate Logan
DDemocratic
P
Kate McCann
DDemocratic
P
Mari Cordes
DDemocratic/Progressive
P
Monique Priestley
DDemocratic
P
Troy Headrick
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