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Senate committee debates expanding leave and crime‑victim protections in labor omnibus
Summary
Committee considered S.230, which would add full‑time teachers to parental and family leave coverage and align the Fair Employment Practices Act definition of 'crime victim' with recent leave law language; testimony from advocates, insurers and the attorney general’s civil rights unit centered on the use and limits of self‑attestation for survivors.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee took up S.230 on Thursday, a labor omnibus that would add full‑time teachers to parental and family leave coverage and align the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA) definitions to include survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in the statute’s crime‑victim protections.
Staff said section 1 extends coverage to full‑time teachers by referencing the federal Family Medical Leave Act definition used last year for flight crews and other specialized groups. Section 2 would import documentation standards used in the parental and family leave statutes—where self‑attestation and a list of acceptable supporting documentation already appear—into the state’s discrimination statute so that employees who do not report to law enforcement would still have anti‑discrimination protection.
Charlie Glosso…
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