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Subchapter
003
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AGREEMENTS; GENERALLY
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 1036)
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§ 1036. Agreements; limitations, renegotiation, and renewal
(a) A collective bargaining agreement shall be for a maximum term of two years. The agreement
may not be canceled, supplemented, or renegotiated during the term of the agreement,
unless both parties consent in writing and file the written consent with the Board.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require either party during collective
bargaining to accede to any proposal or proposals of the other party.
(c) An agreement between the employer and the employees’ exclusive bargaining representative,
after ratification or an agreement imposed on the parties pursuant to section 1018 or 1019 of this title shall be submitted to the Court Administrator who shall request sufficient funds
from the General Assembly to implement the agreement. If the General Assembly appropriates
sufficient funds, the agreement shall become effective at the beginning of the next
fiscal year. If the General Assembly appropriates a different amount of funds, the
terms of the agreement affected by that appropriation shall be renegotiated based
on the amount of funds actually appropriated by the General Assembly, and the agreement
with the negotiated changes shall become effective at the beginning of the next fiscal
year.
(d) No portion of any agreement shall become effective separately except with mutual consent
of both parties.
(e) An agreement shall terminate at the expiration of its specified term. Upon request
of either party, negotiations for a new agreement to take effect upon the expiration
of the preceding agreement shall be commenced at any time during the year preceding
the expiration date of the agreement. Negotiation may be commenced at any time before
that time with the consent of both parties.
(f) In the event the employer and the employees’ exclusive bargaining representative are
unable to arrive at an agreement and there is no existing agreement in effect, the
Court Administrator, with the approval of the Supreme Court may make temporary rules
necessary to ensure the uninterrupted and efficient conduct of judicial business.
The rules shall terminate and have no further force and effect after an agreement
is reached, except for rights that arose under those rules. (Added 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)