2005 Vermont Code - § 1421. — Definitions

§ 1421. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Smoking area" means an area that nonsmoking employees are not required to visit on a regular basis where smoking is permitted pursuant to a policy established under this subchapter. Up to 30 percent of employee cafeteria and lounge areas may be designated as a smoking area.

(2) "Workplace" means an enclosed structure where employees perform services for an employer or, in the case of an employer who assigns employees to departments, divisions or similar organizational units, the enclosed portion of a structure where the unit to which the employee is assigned is located. Except for schools, workplace does not include areas commonly open to the public nor any portion of a structure which also serves as the employee's or employer's personal residence. For schools, workplace shall include any enclosed location at which instruction or other school-sponsored functions are occurring and students are present. (Added 1987, No. 69, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; amended 1987, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)