An employer who violates section 342 or 343 of this title shall forfeit to the individual injured twice the value thereof, to be recovered
in a civil action, and all costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. However, an action
may not be maintained under this section unless at the time the action is brought,
the wages remain unpaid or improperly paid. (Amended 1977, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 1, 1978; 1979, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 15, § 6.)
Stowell v. Action Moving & Storage, Inc., 933 A.2d 1128 (Vt. 2007). · cites it 4דWe affirm the court's order to the extent it held that commission payments are wages within the meaning of Vermont's wages-and-medium-of-payment law.”
Handverger v. City of Winooski, 2011 VT 130 (Vt. 2011). · cites it 2דPlaintiff Joshua Handverger, the former city manager of the City of Winooski, appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his claim for extraordinary relief against the City under Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 75 and a related wage claim for double damages under 21 V.S.A. §…”
Longariello v. Windham Sw. Supervisory Union, 679 A.2d 337 (Vt. 1996). · cites it 3ד§ 342 and resulted in the loss of unemployment compensation benefits, which were compensable by 21 VS.A. § 347. In response to defendant’s motion to dismiss, the superior court held that the claim was barred by res judicata because the issues had been adjudicated and resolved…”
Lanphear v. Tognelli, 601 A.2d 1384 (Vt. 1991). · cites it 3דDefendants cross-appeal, claiming the court erred in doubling actual damages under 21 V.S.A. § 347. We reverse and remand for recomputation of damages.”
Driscoll v. George Washington Univ., 938 F. Supp. 2d 19 (D.D.C. 2013). “4 (West 2010) (“[n]o employer may withhold or divert any portion of an employee’s wages”); Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 347 (West 1977) (every employer “shall pay .”
Stowell v. Action Moving & Storage, Inc., 2007 VT 46 (Vt. 2007). · cites it 4דPlaintiff Arthur Stowell appeals the superior court’s order denying penalties and attorney’s fees under 21 V.S.A. § 347, claiming his employer, defendant Action Moving & Storage, Inc.”
Gehlbach v. Gifford Med. Ctr., Inc. (D. Vt. 2024). · cites it 4ד§ 342 and the damages provision in 21 V.S.A § 347 because Plaintiffs “do not seek to remedy the failure to pay wages and overtime, but rather, the harm caused by the delay in payment of such wages.”
Rossetti v. Bare (Vt. Super. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3דWhile the Complaint and Amended Complaint both seek attorney's fees under both contract and statute, Plaintiffs post-trial motion rests entirely on 21 V.S.A. § 347. That statute provides that an employer that fails to pay an employee wages to which he or she is due "shall…”
Flint v. State of Vermont Dept. of Labor (Vt. Super. Ct. 2016). “He contends that the Court should then proceed to find that the Vermont right of action extends to such workers (by omitting them from Subsection 384(b)(7)), and to conclude that they have a private right of action against the State, pursuant to 21 V.S.A. §§ 347, 395. Purely as…”
Alberti v. Reconciled It (Vt. Super. Ct. 2025). “The court notes that Plaintiff also seeks an award of double damages, plus prejudgment interest, pursuant to 21 V.S.A. § 347. On February 25, 2025, over a month after the jury had been draw and over two years after the filing of the complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to amend…”
Maynus v. State (Vt. Super. Ct. 2026). “are permitted in administrative channels, and the state legislature has exempted administrative exhaustion by mandating these claims shall be brought by civil action via 21 V.S.A. § 347 “An employer who violates section 342 or 343 of this title shall forfeit to the individual…”
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