§ 36-9-4-41 — Acquisition of systems by corporation; protection of employees

Indiana § 36-9-4-41

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 4: Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public

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(a) Whenever a public transportation
corporation acquires an urban mass transportation system under this
chapter, the employees of the system must be protected as follows:
(1) The employees of the system must be retained to the fullest
extent consistent with sound management, and those terminated
or laid off must be assured priority of reemployment.
(2) The individual employees must be retained in positions the
same as, or no worse than, their positions before the acquisition
of the system.
(3) The rights, privileges, and benefits of the employees under any
collective bargaining agreement are not affected, and the
corporation shall assume the duties of the system under the
agreement.
(4) The rights, privileges, and benefits of the employees under any
pension or retirement plan are not affected, and the corporation
shall assume the duties of the system under the plan.
(b) If a public transportation corporation acquires and leases an
urban mass transportation system, or enters into a contract for the
operation of the system under this chapter, the lease or contract must
provide for compliance with subsection (a).
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-5-2-23.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.