| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.234 |
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| 2 | 2 | | 2025 Page 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379946 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.234 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representative Casey of Montpelier 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Referred to Committee on 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Date: 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Subject: Executive; Sate Employees Labor Relations Act; Labor Relations 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Board, unit determination; adjunct faculty 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to provide that 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | in determining the appropriateness of a bargaining unit for the purpose of 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | collective bargaining, the Labor Relations Board shall permit adjunct faculty at 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | the University of Vermont and Vermont State Colleges to be eligible for 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | inclusion in a bargaining unit on the effective date of the adjunct faculty 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | member’s employment agreement or on the first teaching day of the adjunct 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | faculty member’s first class, whichever occurs first. 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | An act relating to determining the appropriateness of a collective bargaining 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | unit for adjunct faculty 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 1. 3 V.S.A. § 941 is amended to read: 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | § 941. UNIT DETERMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | REPRESENTATION 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.234 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2025 Page 2 of 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #379946 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) The Board shall determine issues of unit determination, certification, 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and representation in accordance with this chapter. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b)(1) No bargaining unit or collective bargaining representative shall be 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | recognized by the employer until the Board has determined the appropriate unit 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to be represented and has formally certified its determination. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) In considering the appropriateness of a bargaining unit, the Board 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall permit adjunct faculty at the University of Vermont and Vermont State 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Colleges to be eligible for inclusion in a bargaining unit on the effective date 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of an adjunct faculty member’s employment agreement or on the first teaching 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | day of the adjunct faculty member first class, whichever occurs first. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | * * * 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 13 |
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