§ 8-5-15-17 — Employees of commuter railroad transportation system; protection

Indiana § 8-5-15-17

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 5: COMMUTER RAILWAYS
• Ch. 15: Commuter Transportation Districts

Text

If the district acquires a commuter railroad
transportation system and proceeds to operate the system directly, by
management contract, or by lease under this chapter, the employees of
the system shall 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 rights, privileges, and benefits of the employees under any
pension or retirement plan are not affected, and the board shall
assume the duties of the system under the plan.
(3) The board shall act in such a manner as to insure the
continuing applicability to affected railroad employees of the
provisions of all federal statutes applicable to them prior to April
1, 1984, and a continuation of their collective bargaining
agreements until the provisions of those agreements can be
renegotiated by representatives of the board and the
representatives of those employees duly designated pursuant to
terms and provisions of the federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.
151 et seq.).
(4) The employees of the system shall receive protection no less
favorable than the employee conditions provided In the Matter of
the New York Dock (360 I.C.C. 60), and no person with an
employment relation with the commuter transportation system on
April 1, 1984, may be deprived of employment or placed in a
worse position by reason of the district's acquisition of a
commuter transportation system.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.64-1984, SEC.13.