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 94 STAT. 1956

PUBLIC LAW 96-448—OCT. 14, 1980

improving the Corporation's management of certain protected employees in its workforce who are entitled to receive monthly displacement allowances.". RAILROAD HIRING

SEC. 505. Title V of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 771 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "RAILROAD HIRING

45 USC 780.

"SEC. 510. Any protected employee of the Corporation and any employee of the Corporation who is separated or furloughed from his employment with the Corporation (other than for cause) shall, unless found to be less qualified than other applicants, have the first right of hire by any other railroad that is subject to regulation by the Commission for any vacancy that is not covered by (1) an affirmative action plan, or a hiring plan designed to eliminate discrimination, that is required by Federal or State statute, regulation, or Executive order, or by the order of a Federal court or agency, or (2) a permissible voluntary affirmative action plan. For purposes of this section, a railroad shall not be considered to be hiring new employees when it recalls any of its own furloughed employees.". SINGLE COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENT

SEC. 506. Section 504(d) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 774(d)) is amended to read as follows: "(d) N E W COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after the effective date of any conveyance pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the representatives of the various classes of crafts of the employees of a railroad in reorganization involved in a conveyance and representatives of the Corporation shall commence negotiation of a new single collective-bargaining agreement for each class and craft of employees covering the rate of pay, rules, and working conditions of employees who are employees of the Corporation. Such collective-bargaining agreement shall include appropriate provisions concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, but shall not include any provisions for job stabilization resulting from any transaction effected pursuant to this Act which may exceed or conflict with those established herein. Negotiations with respect to such single collective-bargaining agreement, and any successor thereto, shall be conducted systemwide.". EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PAYMENTS

45 USC 779 "°*® 45 USC 771.

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SEC. 507. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Consolidated Rail Corporation and other employers with employees protected under the provisions of title V of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall, until the effective date of this Act, continue to make payments for employee protection under such Act in accordance with the provisions of such Act which were in effect on January 1, 1979. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such Corporation and employers shall be reimbursed for such payments in accordance with the provisions of section 509(a) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 779(a)).

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