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.
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 1725)
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§ 1725. Collective bargaining procedure
(a)(1) For the purpose of collective bargaining, the representatives of the municipal employer
and the bargaining unit shall meet at any reasonable time and shall bargain in good
faith with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment and shall execute
a written contract incorporating any agreement reached; provided, however, that neither
party shall be compelled to agree to a proposal nor to make a concession, nor to bargain
over any issue of managerial prerogative.
(2)(A) For the purpose of collective bargaining related to municipal school employees, “wages,
hours, and conditions of employment” shall not include health care benefits or coverage
other than stand-alone vision and dental benefits. Health care benefits and coverage,
excluding stand-alone vision and dental benefits but including health reimbursement
arrangements and health savings accounts, shall not be subject to collective bargaining
by municipal school employees pursuant to this chapter, but shall be determined pursuant
to 16 V.S.A. chapter 61.
(B) All written contracts executed in relation to municipal school employees shall incorporate
by reference the terms of the agreement entered into pursuant to 16 V.S.A. chapter 61.
(b) The municipal employer shall be represented in the bargaining by its legislative body
or its designated representative or representatives. If the municipal employer is
a supervisory district or supervisory union, it shall be represented by the school
board negotiations council, and the bargaining unit shall be represented by the school
employees’ negotiations council.
(c) In the event that any part or provision of a collective bargaining agreement is in
conflict with any State law, charter, or special act, such law shall prevail so long
as the conflict remains except as provided to the contrary in subsection 1734(b) of this title. In the event any part or provision of a collective bargaining agreement is in conflict
with any ordinance, bylaw, rule, or regulation adopted by the municipal employer or
its agents, the lawful vote of the legislative body approving the written agreement
shall validate the collective bargaining agreement and shall supersede such ordinance,
bylaw, rule, or regulation. (Added 1973, No. 111, § 1; amended 2007, No. 82, § 40; 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.22, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)