Vermont § 472a - Short-term family leave

§ 472a. Short-term family leave

• (a) In addition to the leave provided in section 472 of this title, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave not to exceed four hours in any
  30-day period and not to exceed 24 hours in any 12-month period. An employer may require
  that leave be taken in a minimum of two-hour segments and may be taken for any of
  the following purposes: (1) to participate in preschool or school activities directly related to the academic
  educational advancement of the employee’s family member, such as a parent-teacher
  conference; (2) to attend or to accompany the employee’s family member to routine medical or dental
  appointments; (3) to accompany the employee’s family member to other appointments for professional services
  related to their care and well-being; or (4) to respond to a medical emergency involving the employee’s family member. (b) An employee shall make a reasonable attempt to schedule appointments for which leave
  may be taken under this section outside of regular work hours. In order to take leave
  under this section, an employee shall provide the employer with the earliest possible
  notice, but in no case later than seven days, before leave is to be taken except in
  the case of an emergency. In this subsection, “emergency” means circumstances where
  the required seven-day notice could have a significant adverse impact on the family
  member of the employee. (c) At the employee’s discretion, the employee may use accrued paid leave, including vacation
  and personal leave. (Added 1997, No. 41, § 2; amended 2025, No. 18, § 30, eff. May 13, 2025; 2025, No. 32, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)