| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.333 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380682 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.333 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Logan of Burlington, Casey of Montpelier, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Cina of Burlington, Cole of Hartford, Cordes of Bristol, 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Headrick of Burlington, Hooper of Burlington, McCann of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Montpelier, McGill of Bridport, Priestley of Bradford, and 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Tomlinson of Winooski 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Date: 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subject: Labor; State Labor Relations Act; agricultural workers 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to provide 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | collective bargaining rights to agricultural workers. 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | An act relating to collective bargaining for agricultural workers 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 1. 21 V.S.A § 1502 is amended to read: 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | § 1502. DEFINITIONS 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | As used in this chapter: 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | * * * 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (6) “Employee” includes any employee, and is not limited to the 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | employees of a particular employer unless this chapter explicitly states 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | otherwise, and includes any individual whose work has ceased as a 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.333 |
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| 29 | 29 | | VT LEG #380682 v.1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | any unfair labor practice and who has not obtained any other regular and 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | substantially equivalent employment, but does not include an individual: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) employed as an agricultural laborer; [Repealed.] 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) employed by the individual’s parent or spouse; 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (C) [Repealed.] 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (D) having the status of an independent contractor; 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (E) employed as a supervisor; 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (F) employed by an employer subject to the Railway Labor Act, 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 45 U.S.C. §§ 151–165; or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (G) employed by any other person who is not an employer as defined 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | in subdivision (7) of this section. 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 15 |
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