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VT H0175
Bill
Status
2/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Conor Casey
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AI Summary
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Adjunct and contingent faculty at higher education institutions would be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits between academic years if they lack reasonable assurance of future employment
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"Reasonable assurance" is defined to require six conditions: a written, oral, or implied job offer; the offer must come from someone with actual hiring authority; the position must be in the same capacity; pay must be at least 90% of current earnings; the offer cannot be contingent on factors within the institution's control (course programming, funding allocation, facility availability)
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Even with an offer, benefits may be available if contingencies make it not "highly probable" a job will actually exist, with primary weight given to the contingent nature of any offer
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Individuals denied benefits who are later not offered work would receive retroactive payment for all weeks they filed timely claims
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Effective date: July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
An act relating to clarifying the right of adjunct faculty to receive unemployment insurance benefits
Last Action
Rep. Mihaly of Calais moved that the Committee on General and Housing be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, which was agreed to
2/19/2025