Sec. 24. (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.