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This bill amends existing Vermont law to require employers to grant employees' requests for flexible working arrangements, which are defined as intermediate or long-term changes to regular work schedules such as adjusting hours, work from home, or job-sharing, but not including vacation or routine leave. The bill mandates that employers must consider these requests in good faith and grant them unless the arrangement is inconsistent with business operations, which is further defined to include factors like increased costs, negative impacts on employee morale, customer service, or business quality, or if there's an inability to reorganize work or recruit staff. This change aims to provide employees with more control over their work schedules, provided it doesn't unduly disrupt the employer's operations.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.726