Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 16 > Chapter 37 > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• Act: means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, enacted by the Congress of the United States of America, and rules made thereunder, as amended at any time. See
• Advanced standing: means a process for reviewing and granting credit for prior related work experience or related technical instruction for an incoming apprentice or career seeker that allows the individual to accelerate the completion of the registered apprenticeship program. See
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Apprentice: means an individual who is:

• Apprenticeship agreement: means a written agreement, on forms approved by the Department under section 1119, registered apprentices, of this title, between an apprentice and either the apprentice's program sponsor or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program sponsor, that contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor or designee. See
• Competency: means the attainment of knowledge, skills, and abilities in a subject area, as specified by an occupational skill standard and demonstrated by an appropriate written or hands-on proficiency measurement. See
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Vermont Department of Labor. See
• Department: means the Department of Labor. See
• Director: means the Director of Occupational Health. See
• Diversity: means the practice of including the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and beliefs of Vermonters, including underserved communities. See
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Health. See
• Employee: means any person engaged in service to an employer for wages, salary or other compensation, excluding an independent contractor. See
• Employer: means a person, as hereinafter defined, who employs one or more persons. See
• Equity: means the consistent and systemic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment. See
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Independent school: means a school other than a public school, which provides a program of elementary or secondary education, or both. 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, society, club, association, or other organization, including municipalities and the State and its instrumentalities. See
• Place of employment: means any place where an employee is engaged in performance of his or her work or duties, or which is used in connection with an employee's employment. See
• postsecondary CTE: means an educational program or course of study that awards postsecondary credit and is designed to provide students with career and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will prepare them for further education, enhance their employment options, or lead to an industry-recognized credential. See
• Pre-apprentice: means a participant in a registered pre-apprenticeship program. See
• Pre-apprenticeship program: means a training model or program that prepares individuals for acceptance into an apprenticeship program and that is registered by the Department as provided in section 1123, pre-apprenticeship program, of this title or, as applicable, federal Office of Apprenticeship. See
• Premises: means land and the structures thereon which contains a place of employment as herein defined. See
• Receiving district: means a school district, inside or outside of this State, receiving tuition on behalf of a student to whom it provides career technical education. See
• related instruction: means an organized and systematic form of instruction, concurrent with on-the-job training, designed to provide an apprentice with the knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation. See
• Review Board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Review Board. See
• Rule: means a rule or regulation. See
• School district: means town school districts, union school districts, interstate school districts, city school districts, unified union districts, and incorporated school districts, each of which is governed by a publicly elected board. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Human Services. See
• Secretary of Labor: means the Secretary of Labor of the United States of America. See
• Service region: means , for each regional CTE center, a region surrounding it designated by rule of the State Board under section 1531 of this title. See
• Sponsor: means an employer, a joint labor-management organization, a trade association, a professional association, a labor organization, an education and training provider, or a qualified intermediary that is applying to register, administer, and operate an apprenticeship program. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• State Board: means the State Board of Education established by chapter 3 of this title. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• VOSHA Code: means subchapters 4 and 5 of this chapter and 18 Vt. See
• Youth apprentice: means a participant, 16 or 17 years of age, in a youth apprenticeship program. See
• Youth Apprenticeship program: means a program registered by the Department as provided in section 1124, youth apprenticeship programs, of this title or, as applicable, by the federal Office of Apprenticeship. See