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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 383

  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See

§ 383. Definitions

Terms used in this subchapter have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context:

(1) “Commissioner,” the Commissioner of Labor or designee;

(2) “Employee,” any individual employed or permitted to work by an employer except:

(A) any individual employed in agriculture;

(B) any individual employed in domestic service in or about a private home;

(C) any individual employed by the United States;

(D) any individual employed in the activities of a public supported nonprofit organization, except laundry employees, nurses’ aides, or practical nurses;

(E) any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity;

(F) any individual making home deliveries of newspapers or advertising;

(G) taxi-cab drivers;

(H) outside salespersons; and

(I) students working during all or any part of the school year or regular vacation periods.

(3) “Occupation,” an industry, trade, or business or branch thereof or class of work in which workers are gainfully employed.

(4) [Repealed.] (Amended 1959, No. 109, eff. April 14, 1959; 1967, No. 177, § 1, eff. April 17, 1967; 1977, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 1, 1978; 1985, No. 80, § 2; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2001, No. 47, § 1; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)