Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 21 > Chapter 13 - Apprenticeship

• Accessibility: includes the provision of accommodations and modifications to ensure equal access to employment and participation in activities for people with disabilities, the reduction or elimination of physical and attitudinal barriers to equitable opportunities, a commitment to ensuring that people with disabilities can independently access every outward-facing and internal activity or electronic space, and the pursuit of best practices such as universal design. See
• 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
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Apprentice: means an individual who is:

• Apprenticeable occupation: means an occupation approved by the federal Office of Apprenticeship or by the Department as an occupation that:

• 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
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Board: means the entity created in section 1114, Vermont Apprenticeship Advisory Board, of this title and described as a "State Apprenticeship Council" in 29 C. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor. 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.
• 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
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fringe benefits: means benefits, including health insurance, retirement benefits, paid vacations and holidays, sick leave, and similar benefits that are incidents of employment. See
• gender identity: means an individual's actual or perceived gender identity, or gender-related characteristics intrinsically related to an individual's gender or gender-identity, regardless of the individual's assigned sex at birth. See
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Inclusion: means the recognition, appreciation, and use of the talents and skills of employees of all backgrounds. See
• Interim credential: means a credential issued by the Department, upon request of a sponsor, that certifies specific competency attainment by an apprentice. See
• Journey-worker: means a worker who has attained a level of skill, abilities, and competencies recognized within an industry as having mastered the skills and competencies required for the occupation. See
• National Guideline Standards: means a template of high-quality apprenticeship program standards submitted by a labor union, trade or industry association, employer, workforce intermediary, education provider, or other organizations with national scope, which standards may be certified by the federal Office of Apprenticeship. See
• Office of Apprenticeship: means the part of the U. See
• 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
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. 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
• 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Registration agency: means the Vermont Department of Labor acting as the designated State Apprenticeship Agency, which may also be referred to as the "Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program. 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
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Review Board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Review Board. See
• Rule: means a rule or regulation. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Human Services. See
• Secretary of Labor: means the Secretary of Labor of the United States of America. See
• sexual orientation: means female or male homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality. 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 Apprenticeship Agency: means the Vermont Department of Labor as the federally designated apprenticeship agency and may also refer to the "Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program. See
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Underserved communities: means the populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life. See
• 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