Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 1016

  • Employer: means the Judiciary Department, represented by the Supreme Court or the Supreme Court's designee. See
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Representative: means an individual or employee organization certified by the Board to represent employees in collective bargaining or grievance proceedings. See

§ 1016. Obligation to bargain

The employer and representative of the employees shall bargain collectively, which for the purposes of this chapter means performing the mutual obligation to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to all matters bargainable under the provisions of this chapter. The failure or refusal of either party to agree to a proposal; to change or withdraw a lawful proposal; or to make a concession shall not constitute, or be direct or indirect evidence of, a breach of this obligation. (Added 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)