2011 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 18 - MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING (§§ 901 - 922)
Section 907 - Railroad hiring
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 18 - MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING Sec. 907 - Railroad hiring |
Contains | section 907 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-101, §8, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 97-468, title II, §236(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2547. |
Statutes at Large References | 93 Stat. 740 96 Stat. 2547 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-101, Public Law 97-468, Public Law 99-272, Public Law 104-88 |
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Each person who is an employee of the Milwaukee Railroad on September 30, 1979, and who is separated or furloughed from his employment with such railroad (other than for cause) prior to April 1, 1984, as a result of a reduction of service by such railroad shall, unless found to be less qualified than other applicants, have the first right of hire by any other rail carrier 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 rail carrier shall not be considered to be hiring new employees when it recalls any of its own furloughed employees.
(Pub. L. 96–101, §8, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 97–468, title II, §236(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2547.)
Amendments1983—Pub. L. 97–468 substituted “April 1, 1984” for “April 1, 1981”.
Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of FunctionsInterstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49.
Exemption of National Railroad Passenger Corporation in Hiring Qualified Train and Engine EmployeesSection inapplicable to National Railroad Passenger Corporation in hiring of qualified train and engine employees holding seniority rights to work in intercity rail passenger service in connection with the assumption by such Corporation of functions previously performed under contract by other carriers, see section 4011(c) of Pub. L. 99–272, set out as a note under section 797b of this title.
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