{"data":{"id":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6909","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"33 V.S.A. § 6909","heading":"Retaliatory action by employer prohibited","body":"No employer or supervisor may discharge; demote; transfer; reduce pay, benefits, or work privileges; prepare a negative work performance evaluation; or take any other action detrimental to any employee who files a good faith report in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, by reason of the report. Any person making a report under this chapter shall have a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory and punitive damages against any person who causes detrimental changes in the employment status of the reporting party by reason of making a report. Nothing in this section grants immunity to a person reporting the person’s own perpetration of maltreatment.","path":["Title 33: Human Services","Chapter 069: Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults","Subchapter 001: REPORTS OF ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/33/069/06909","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:11Z","sha256":"41e4a01dbabd3421d5270fb1b7de767d5167e720e6e7e33c59bffbf843c67687","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6908","next":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}