Sep 25, 2026 · 27 min · 13 segments
Vermont's top journalists join guest moderator Mikaela Lefrak to delve into the most important news stories of the week.
Liam Elder-ConnorsPanelistThe Vermont Supreme Court unanimously sided with Governor Phil Scott about in-person work for state employees.
This debate about whether state employees can and should be required to work from the office has been going on for more than a year now.
Yeah, so this first came up about a year ago in August when the governor announced that he would be seeking to bring state workers back to the office for a certain number of days a week.
There was quite a bit of resistance from state workers, and the union that represents them brought this to the State Labor Relations Board, which ruled in favor of state employees, saying they did not have to go back to work.
It came out today, and it was pretty emphatic that the Scott administration was in the right, that it is not a violation of the contract to require employees to go back to work a certain number of days a week, and that the Labor Relations Board had made the wrong decision.
Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, one of the interesting parts about this whole discussion is that it really goes back to a telework policy that was created after Tropical Storm Irene.
And then, of course, the pandemic really opened the door wide open for people to work from home, in every industry, but also in state work.
And of course, many people ended up moving farther away from their workstations.
So a lot of people were taking advantage of this sort of limbo status for a long time.
The Vermont Supreme Court unanimously sided with Governor Phil Scott about in-person work for state employees.
This debate about whether state employees can and should be required to work from the office has been going on for more than a year now.
Yeah, so this first came up about a year ago in August when the governor announced that he would be seeking to bring state workers back to the office for a certain number of days a week.
There was quite a bit of resistance from state workers, and the union that represents them brought this to the State Labor Relations Board, which ruled in favor of state employees, saying they did not have to go back to work.
It came out today, and it was pretty emphatic that the Scott administration was in the right, that it is not a violation of the contract to require employees to go back to work a certain number of days a week, and that the Labor Relations Board had made the wrong decision.
Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, one of the interesting parts about this whole discussion is that it really goes back to a telework policy that was created after Tropical Storm Irene.
And then, of course, the pandemic really opened the door wide open for people to work from home, in every industry, but also in state work.
And of course, many people ended up moving farther away from their workstations.
So a lot of people were taking advantage of this sort of limbo status for a long time.
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