Colorado § 8-3-111 - Protection of employees when authority acquires certain operations.
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§ 8-3-111. Protection of employees when authority acquires certain operations.
(1) Before any authority may acquire and operate any property of a privately or publicly owned mass transportation system, fair and equitable protective arrangements, as determined by the director, shall be made to ensure certain rights of employees. Such protective arrangements shall include, without being limited to, such provisions as may be necessary to accomplish the following objectives:
(a) The preservation of existing rights, privileges, and benefits of employees under existing collective bargaining agreements between the mass transportation system and the employees thereof, including the continuation of all pension rights and benefits of the employees and their beneficiaries;
(b) The continuation of all collective bargaining in any situation existing at the time of such acquisition and the assurance of employment of all the employees of such mass transportation system so acquired;
(c) The protection of all individual employees with respect to their employment, including priorities, seniorities, and right of advancement when in agreement with any existing collective bargaining agreement;
(d) Training and retraining programs of employees and managing personnel.
(2) The contract whereby an authority acquires any property of a privately or publicly owned mass transportation system shall specify with particularity, the terms and conditions of all the protective arrangements set forth in this section, including all other protective arrangements which may be added through collective bargaining or by direction of the director.
(3) The determination of the sufficiency of protective arrangements shall be made by the director in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time establish.
Source: L. 43: p. 409, § 9. CSA: C. 97, § 94 (9). CRS 53: § 80-5-9. L. 65: p. 811, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-4-9. L. 69: p. 600, § 77.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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