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Logan unveils bill to let private relators sue over Vermont employment-law violations
Summary
H.336 would allow whistleblowers, employees, or representative organizations to sue employers on behalf of the commissioner of labor and direct proceeds to enforcement and a new outreach fund.
Representative Kate Logan introduced H.336 on April 8 to create a relator-based enforcement mechanism for employment-law violations in Title 21. "This bill, H.336, aims to extend a legal concept, ... that is a provision of the False Claims Act, and use it in the employment law context," Logan said.
Under the proposal, an aggrieved employee, a representative organization (for example, a union or worker-advocacy nonprofit), or a whistleblower could bring a civil action against an employer on behalf of the commissioner of labor if the commissioner declines…
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