Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 1040

  • Client company: means a person who enters into an agreement with an employee leasing company to lease any or all of its regular employees. See
  • leasing company: means a person engaged in the business of providing individuals to perform ongoing services for an indefinite time period for client companies pursuant to one or more employee leasing agreements executed between the leasing company and the client company. See

§ 1040. Collective bargaining; interference prohibited

(a) For purposes of the collective bargaining process, including the right to organize employee units based upon specific work sites, an employee leasing company shall be bound by law and liable for any violations of a collective bargaining agreement covering any of its leased employees. An employee leasing company shall not reassign leased employees or take any other action for the purpose of interfering with the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining agreement or organizational activity.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve a client company of its obligations under any applicable law or to reduce or diminish any rights of leased employees to organize or collectively bargain. (Added 1995, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)