The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 21: Labor

Chapter 015: Vermont Employment Service

• § 1201. Acceptance by State

  The State of Vermont hereby accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved June 6, 1933, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes.”

• § 1202. Commissioner of Labor as agent

  The Commissioner of Labor is hereby designated and constituted the agent of the State of Vermont for the purposes of the Act, with full power to cooperate with all authorities of the United States having powers or duties under the Act and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to the State of Vermont the benefits of the Act in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1981, No. 66, § 5(b), eff. May 1, 1981; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)

• § 1203. Employment Service Division; creation; rules

  (a) There is hereby created, under the direction of the Commissioner of Labor, a division to be known as the Vermont Employment Service Division, responsible for administering a system of public employment offices for the purpose of assisting employers to secure employees and workers to secure employment.

  (b) The Commissioner is authorized and directed to establish Division offices in various locations in the State as the Commissioner deems necessary and to adopt rules not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this chapter.

  (c) The Commissioner shall appoint the director, assistants, and other employees of the Vermont Employment Service Division in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; 1981, No. 66, § 5(b), eff. May 1, 1981; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 167, eff. July 1, 2024.)

• § 1204. Receipt of funds

  The State Treasurer is authorized to receive, on behalf of this State, all funds granted to it pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. (Amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 168, eff. July 1, 2024.)

• § 1205. Contractual special services

  The Commissioner of Labor may enter into agreements to provide customized or special services that are beyond basic services required by federal statute, provided that such services do not interfere with the Department’s statutory purposes and programs. The Department may charge for services provided under this section. Charges collected under this section shall be credited to separate special funds for each type of service agreement, and shall be available to the Department to offset the costs of each type of service. (Added 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 65; amended 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)

• § 1206. Termination

  This chapter may be terminated by the Governor at any time, upon notice to the U.S. Department of Labor, when in his or her judgment the need for the same no longer exists. However, such notice of termination shall not be effective until the close of the U.S. fiscal year in which the notice is given.