VSEA filed two unfair labor practice (ULP) charges this week with the Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB).
The first ULP asks the Board to find that the Department of Human Resources (DHR) misclassified employees as temporary workers in violation of the law. The filing also seeks review of the Commissioner’s approval of waivers permitting managers across state government to retain temporary workers past a statutorily imposed 1,280 hours-worked-in-a-given-year cap. Records that VSEA received through a Freedom of Information Request show that the DHR Commissioner is granting waivers to the cap without the required evidence there is a bona fide emergency, as mandated by law. Instead, the waivers are being granted merely to “fill government functions that were constant and ongoing.” VSEA contends that the Commissioner’s refusal to reconsider “has the intent and effect of systematically misclassifying employees as temporary employees in violation of existing law…”
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Congratulations to VSEA member Victoria Thorpe on being elected to be the District 5 representative on the VSEA Board of Trustees. Victoria will be serving as the voice of members working in Rutland and Bennington. She works for the Judiciary as a Family Case Manager in Bennington.
Welcome to the Board Victoria!
