Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 625 (2026)
Contracting out forbidden
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(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 625)
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§ 625. Contracting out forbidden
An employer shall not be relieved in whole or in part from liability created by the provisions of this chapter by any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever. (Amended 1963, No. 134, § 1, eff. June 6, 1963.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1989–2008 · leading case: In re Chatham Woods Holdings, LLC, 2008 VT 70, 955 A.2d 1183.
In re Chatham Woods Holdings, LLC, 2008 VT 70, 955 A.2d 1183. “Peerless argues that this attempt to eliminate workers’ compensation benefits by contract is prohibited by 21 V.S.A. § 625 (“An employer shall not be relieved in whole or in part from liability .”
Candido v. Polymers, Inc., 687 A.2d 476 (Vt. 1996). “” 21 V.S.A. § 625; see Falconer v. Cameron, 151 Vt.”
Falconer v. Cameron, 561 A.2d 1357 (Vt. 1989). “§ 601(3), as well as the Legislature’s express direction in 21 V.S.A. § 625 that “[a]n employer shall not be relieved in whole or in part from liability created by the provisions of this chapter by any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever.”
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