2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 03 Executive
Chapter 27 STATE EMPLOYEES LABOR RELATIONS ACT
§ 928 Rules and regulations

§ 928. Rules and regulations

(a) The board shall make and may amend and rescind and adopt such rules and regulations consistent with this chapter, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, rules and regulations adopted by the board as they relate to grievance appeals shall provide:

(1) All employees and other persons authorized by this chapter shall have the right to appeal to the board in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board.

(2) That a reasonable notice be given to the state agency or officer, and state employee, and the representative concerned and to the commissioner of human resources.

(3) That all hearings of the board shall be public and, unless both parties concerned request that it be formal, hearings shall be informal and not subject to the rules of pleadings, procedure and evidence of the courts of the state.

(4) That all parties in interest to any appeal shall be entitled to be heard on any matter at issue.

(5) That in appeals from the decisions of the department of human resources or any state agency or officer, the state agency and officer and the state employee shall be parties in interest, and the commissioner of human resources or the collective bargaining representative on motion, may intervene as a party in interest.

(6) That the parties at interest shall have the right to present witnesses, give evidence, and examine witnesses before the board. (Added 1969, No. 113, § 1; amended 1977, No. 109, § 8, eff. July 3, 1977; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. June 13, 1988; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)