This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses recent amendments to Vermont's equal pay law, House Bill 99, approved by Governor Peter Shumlin on May 14, 2013. The amendments, which apply to both private and public employers, aim to eliminate the gender pay gap, protect employees' rights to discuss their wages and require employers to consider flexible work arrangements. Several measures of the law will take effect on July 1, 2013, while the provision relating to flexible work schedules will take effect on January 1, 2014.