Vermont § 1738 - Access to new employees in bargaining unit

§ 1738. Access to new employees in bargaining unit

• (a) An employer shall provide the employee organization that is the exclusive representative
  of the employees in a bargaining unit with an opportunity to meet with each newly
  hired employee in the bargaining unit to present information about the employee organization. (b)(1) The meeting shall occur during the new employee’s orientation or, if the employer
  does not conduct an orientation for newly hired employees, within 30 calendar days
  from the date on which the employee was hired. (2) If the meeting is not held during the new employee’s orientation, it shall be held
  during the new employee’s regular work hours and at his or her regular worksite or
  a location mutually agreed to by the employer and the employee organization. (3) The employee organization shall be permitted to meet with the employee for not less
  than 60 minutes. (4) The employee shall be paid for attending the meeting at his or her regular rate of
  pay. (c)(1) Within 10 calendar days after hiring a new employee in a bargaining unit, the employer
  shall provide the employee organization with his or her name, job title, worksite
  location, work telephone number and e-mail address, home address, personal e-mail
  address, home and personal cellular telephone numbers, and date of hire to the extent
  that the employer is in possession of such information. (2) The employee’s home address, personal e-mail address, and home and personal cellular
  telephone numbers shall be kept confidential by the employer and the employee organization
  and shall be exempt from copying and inspection under the Public Records Act. (d) The employer shall provide the employee organization with not less than 10 calendar
  days’ notice of an orientation for newly hired employees in a bargaining unit. (Added 2019, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)