Vermont Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Vermont, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Vermont: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Not a payroll service, and not a legal review of your policies.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Vermont data files, checked November 2026 against 17 official pages, among them Vermont DOL: Quarterly Reporting & Taxable Wage Information; Official page; Vermont Department of Labor: C-63 New Hire Reporting Requirements; Vermont Department of Labor: Mandatory Workplace Posters; Vermont DOL: 2026 minimum wage notice; U.S. Department of Labor: State Minimum Wage Laws (updated November 5, 2026); U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026); 21 V.S.A. 482, Earned sick time (Vermont Legislature), plus NCSL (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 3 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the checklist and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Vermont new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 16 confirmed Vermont rules at a glance and the 3 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: open a state unemployment tax account (Vermont Department of Labor); minimum wage change in 2027 (Vermont DOL: 2026 minimum wage notice); tipped employees (U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026)).
• Vermont 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Vermont Department of Labor, Vermont Department of Labor: New Hire Reporting, Vermont Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division. What it confirms: taxable wage base for 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $15,400 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 1% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: Vermont DOL: April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; a weekend date moves to the next business day; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; report each new hire to the state: Within 10 days of the first day services are actually performed for compensation; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Vermont to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Vermont among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; minimum wage now (2026): $14.42 an hour; paid sick leave: Earned Sick Time Act (21 V.S.A. 481 to 487); meal breaks for adults: No fixed schedule: employers must give reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat; rest breaks for adults: No fixed schedule: employers must give reasonable opportunities during work periods to use the toilet; breaks for workers under 18: No separate meal-break rule for workers under 18: the US Department of Labor's state meal period table (revised January 1, 2023; checked November 2026) doesn't list Vermont among the 35 jurisdictions with meal periods specifically for minors, so minors follow the adult rule; workers' compensation insurance: Coverage is required for all employment; final pay when you let someone go: Within 72 hours of discharge; final pay when an employee quits: On the last regular payday (the statute's words), or, if there is no regular payday, the following Friday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Under 32 V.S.A. 5862d, anyone required to file a federal Form 1099 for a nonresident who performed services in Vermont during the year must file a copy with the Department; the statute doesn't tie this to Vermont withholding.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 11 dates our Vermont files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Vermont Department of Labor; January 1, 2027: minimum wage change date (the 2027 rate is not confirmed); 1 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Vermont Department of Taxes, with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own.
• New hire and pay change checklist. One page per hire, with the report to Vermont Department of Labor: New Hire Reporting (new hires reported in 10 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change.
• Vermont compliance workbook (Excel). The Vermont dates in a deadline tracker with days left and status, a new-hire sheet that dates each step from the start date (new hires reported in 10 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor.