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: 33 V.S.A. § 3602)
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§ 3602. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the State Labor Relations Board established under 3 V.S.A. § 921.
(2) “Collective bargaining” or “bargaining collectively” means the process by which the
State and the exclusive representative of early care and education providers negotiate
terms or conditions related to the subjects of collective bargaining identified in
subsection 3603(b) of this chapter that when reached and funded shall be legally binding.
(3) “Early care and education provider” means a licensed child care home provider, a registered
child care home provider, or a legally exempt child care home provider, which is defined
by the Legally Exempt Child Care Provider Requirements set forth by the Vermont Department
for Children and Families, Child Development Division, who provides child care services
as defined in subdivision 3511(4) of this title.
(4) “Exclusive representative” means the labor organization that has been elected or recognized
and certified by the Board under this chapter and consequently has the exclusive right
under section 3608 of this chapter to represent early care and education providers
for the purpose of collective bargaining and the enforcement of any contract provisions.
(5) “Grievance” means the exclusive representative’s formal written complaint regarding
an improper application of one or more terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
(6) “Subsidy payment” means any payment made by the State to assist families in paying
for child care services through the State’s child care financial assistance program. (Added 2013, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 5, 2014.)