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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 1544

  • Board: means the State Labor Relations Board established under 3 V. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Labor dispute: includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. See

§ 1544. Rules and regulations

(a) The Board shall have authority from time to time to make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) In carrying out this chapter the Board may, under any applicable federal law, rule, or regulation, petition the National Labor Relations Board for an advisory opinion as to whether that agency will assert jurisdiction over a labor dispute which is the subject of a proceeding then pending before the Board.

(c) All findings, conclusions, and determinations of the Board under this chapter shall be public records. (Added 1967, No. 198, § 12.)