Unemployment Insurance | September 20, 2021
Employer Quarterly Notice
The information below is intended for employers with an active account with the Vermont Department of Labor. Additional information and resources for employers may be found at Labor.Vermont.gov/unemployment-insurance
Third Quarter filing due date
The third quarter filing report window is now open. The due date is Monday, November 1, 2021. For more on submitting a quarterly report, click the link below.
Payment Options
Electronic payment is the preferred method of payment. Payments made by check should be addressed to:

Vermont Department of Labor
P.O. Box 132
Brattleboro, VT 05302-0132
Charge Relief Due to COVID-19
If you were charged for unemployment insurance benefits between January and June of calendar year 2021, you may be potentially eligible for charge relief. 

Act 51 of the 2021 Legislative Session authorizes the Department of Labor to provide benefit charge relief to taxable employers for COVID-19 related benefit charges. You may submit an application for charge relief here: https://labor.vermont.gov/unemployment-insurance/2021-employer-charge-relief-due-covid-19. 

Please know that you will have to attest that the layoff was directly related to a COVID-19 qualifying event AND you must have offered to rehire the employee within 30 days of the reason for separation no longer existing.
Responding to Requests for Separation Information
Separation and Payment Information Forms (B8F and B10S) must be completed and returned to the Department by the Due Date on the form when the claimant has separated from your employment for any reason other than Laid Off/Lack of Work or has/will receive any monies other than wages earned.

With all requests, the information requested must be completed in detail. There are specific reasons that we ask for this information in the format we do, and by providing this detail we may be able to process the information without any additional outreach to you. Forms received late, not at all, or without sufficient information may result in a $100 penalty. In addition, if an overpayment of benefits occurs because of a late, missing, or insufficient response, the employer account may be held chargeable for the benefits overpaid, regardless of the benefit charging decision that is the result of the separation issue.

Request for Separation and Payment Information Forms can be returned by email to Labor.UIClaimsCenter@vermont.gov, by fax to 802-828-9191, or by mail to P.O. Box 189, Montpelier, VT 05601- 0189.

For more information on employer Requests for Separation and Payment Information, and what specific types of information is needed, please see the Instructions for Completing Requests for Separation Forms which can be found in the Vermont Unemployment Insurance Employer Information Manual.
Report Refusal to Return to Work
If you have laid off or furloughed employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and have recalled those employees back to work for the same rate of pay, even for a reduced number of hours, they must accept the offer of work.

If employees were offered work performing the same job and for the same rate of pay prior to the layoff and refuse to work, please report that to the Department immediately by submitting a Refusal to Return to Work report.
Vermont Department of Labor | https://labor.vermont.gov/