Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 22 > Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society

• Affected employees: means employees who may be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed or actual business closing or mass layoff by their employer. 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.
• Business closing: means :

• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor. See
• Department: means the Department of Labor. See
• Employer: means any person that employs:

• Employment loss: means the termination of employment that is the direct result of a business closing or mass layoff. See
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Mass layoff: means a permanent employment loss of at least 50 employees at one or more worksites in Vermont during any 90-day period. See
• Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.