The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 1021)
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§ 1021. Unit determination; certification
(a) The Board shall determine issues of unit determination, certification, and representation
in accordance with this chapter and the provisions of section 941 of this title. The Board shall decide the appropriate unit for collective bargaining in each case
and the employees to be included in that unit to ensure the employees the fullest
freedom in exercising the rights guaranteed by this chapter.
(b) In determining whether a unit is appropriate, the extent to which the employees have
organized is not controlling. The Board shall not recognize a unit if, after investigation
and hearing, the Board determines that the employees do not constitute a unit appropriate
for collective bargaining or if recognition of that unit will result in over-fragmentation
of collective bargaining units.
(c) If an interested person files with the Board a charge alleging that employees eligible
to vote in an election under this chapter were coerced or restrained in the exercise
of that right, the Board shall investigate and conduct hearings into the validity
of the charge. If the Board concludes that employees were coerced or restrained, the
Board may set aside the election and order another election pursuant to this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2025, No. 18, § 15, eff. May 13, 2025.)