§ 36-9-3-24 — Displacement of employees as a result of new facilities; selection of employees to perform work

(a) Whenever the authority proposes to
operate or to enter into a contract to operate a new public transportation
facility that may result in the displacement of employees or the
rearrangement of the working forces of the authority or of a public
transportation agency, the authority must give at least ninety (90) days'
written notice of the proposed operations to the representatives of the
employees affected.
(b) The authority must provide for the selection of forces to perform
the work of the new facility on the basis of agreement between the
authority and the representatives of the employees affected.
(c) Immediately after receipt of the notice, the representatives of all
parties interested in the intended changes shall agree on the date and
place of a conference for the purpose of reaching agreements under this
section. The conference must begin within ten (10) days after receipt
of the notice.
(d) If the parties fail to agree, the matter may be submitted by the
authority or by any representative of the employees affected to final
and binding arbitration by an impartial arbitrator to be selected by the
American Arbitration Association from a current listing of arbitrators
of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-5-2.5-18 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by
P.L.235-1997, SEC.15.