Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation
§ 675. Enforcement of award

§ 675. Enforcement of award
(a) If an award is made under the provisions of this chapter, including interim orders, issued pursuant to sections 643a and 662 of this title, or an agreement is approved by the Commissioner, and the employer or insurance carrier fails to comply with the award or agreement, the employee, subject to the stay provisions of subsection (b) of this section, may proceed to collect all or any part of past due installments in any court of law having jurisdiction of the amount involved. If the employee prevails, interest, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs shall be allowed.
(b) Any award or order of the Commissioner shall be of full effect from issuance unless stayed by the Commissioner, any appeal notwithstanding. Any request for a stay shall be filed with the Commissioner at the time of filing a notice of appeal. The Commissioner, after allowing the prevailing party 10 days within which to be heard in writing on the request, shall respond within 15 days to the request for stay. The response of the Commissioner shall detail his or her reasons for granting, denying, or modifying the request and shall be a part of the record on appeal. No stay shall exist unless granted pursuant to this subsection.
(c) An employer who fails to make payment due to an employee under this chapter pursuant to an executed agreement under sections 642, 644, 646, or 648 of this title or pursuant to an interim order of the Commissioner within 15 days after the payment is due shall also pay the employee interest on the unpaid compensation at the statutory rate. (Amended 1985, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1997, No. 19, § 5.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 21 - Labor

Chapter 9 - Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation

§ 601. Definitions

§ 602. Process and procedure

§ 603. Witnesses, oaths, books, papers, records

§ 604. Manner of trying causes; evidence

§ 605. Testimony of person without the State, how taken

§ 606. Determination of questions

§ 607. Decisions; enforcement; appeals

§ 608. Application of chapter when State not an employer

§ 610. Election by State as employer

§ 616. Employments covered

§ 618. Compensation for personal injury

§ 619. Injuries outside State

§ 620. Worker hired outside State

§ 621. Interstate commerce

§ 622. Right to compensation exclusive

§ 623. Contracts to work outside State

§ 624. Dual liability; claims, settlement procedure

§ 625. Contracting out forbidden

§ 632. Compensation to dependents; burial and funeral expenses

§ 633. Apportionment of compensation

§ 634. Dependents; construction

§ 635. Periods of compensation

§ 636. Compensation for unexpired period; determined

§ 637. Death benefits; rival claimants

§ 639. Death, payment to dependents

§ 640. Medical benefits; assistive devices; home and automobile modifications

§ 640a. Medical bills; payment; dispute

§ 640b. Request for preauthorization to determine if proposed treatment is necessary

§ 640c. Opioid usage deterrence

§ 641. Vocational rehabilitation

§ 642. Temporary total disability benefits

§ 642a. Temporary total; insurer review

§ 643. Period of payments

§ 643a. Discontinuance of benefits

§ 643a. Discontinuance of benefits

§ 643b. Reinstatement; seniority and benefits protected

§ 643c. Commissioner to provide notice; monitoring

§ 644. Permanent total disability

§ 645. Amount payable

§ 646. Temporary partial disability benefits

§ 647. Period of payment

§ 648. Permanent partial disability benefits

§ 649. Injuries not covered; burden of proof

§ 650. Payment; average wage; computation

§ 651. Voluntary payments

§ 652. Periodical payments; lump sum payments

§ 654. Trustee in case of lump payments; appointment; expense

§ 655. Procedure in obtaining compensation; medical examination; video and audio recording

§ 655a. Release of relevant medical records by health care providers; Department to oversee release and use of relevant medical information

§ 656. Notice of injury and claim for compensation

§ 657. After court judgment against employee

§ 658. Form of notice and claim

§ 659. Giving of notice and making of claim

§ 660. Sufficiency of notice of injury

§ 660a. Electronic filing of reports of injury

§ 661. Limitation of time as regards minors and persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability

§ 662. Agreements; required payments in absence of

§ 663. Hearings, where held; decision

§ 663a. Workers’ compensation dispute mediation

§ 663b. Fraud

§ 664. Trial and award

§ 666. Manner of giving notice of hearing

§ 667. Examination by independent medical examiners

§ 668. Modification of awards

§ 669. Finality of award

§ 670. Appeals to Superior Court

§ 671. Jurisdiction; findings for new award

§ 672. Appeals to the Supreme Court

§ 673. Appeal in case of fraud, accident, or mistake

§ 674. Service of petition

§ 675. Enforcement of award

§ 676. Revision of decrees

§ 677. New hearings; when granted; procedure

§ 678. Costs; attorney’s fees

§ 679. Fees of sheriffs and witnesses

§ 680. Preferences

§ 681. Claims not assignable

§ 682. Liens against compensation

§ 687. Security for compensation

§ 687a. Self-insurance by associations

§ 688. Administrative penalties; insurance company’s license suspended

§ 689. Employer compelled to insure

§ 690. Certificate, form; copy of policy

§ 691. Posting of notice of compliance

§ 691a. Posting of safety records

§ 692. Penalties; failure to insure; stop work orders

§ 693. The insurance contract

§ 694. Knowledge of employer to affect insurance carrier

§ 695. Insolvency of employer not to release insurance carrier

§ 696. Cancellation of insurance contracts

§ 697. Notice of intent not to renew policy

§ 698. Insurance by State and municipalities

§ 699. Employees not to pay for insurance

§ 700. Examination of policy

§ 701. Reports of accidents by employers

§ 702. Contents; penalty

§ 703. Reports of payments made by employers

§ 704. Reports, penalty

§ 705. Registration, penalty

§ 706. Construction

§ 708. Penalty for false representation

§ 709. Rules of construction

§ 710. Unlawful discrimination

§ 711. Workers’ Compensation Administration Fund

§ 712. Enforcement by Attorney General