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Such protections shall include (i) assurances of employment to employees of such transportation systems to the fullest extent possible consistent with sound management, and priority of employment or, if terminated or laid off, reemployment; (ii) preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits, including continuation of pension rights and benefits, under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; (iii) continuation of collective bargaining rights; (iv) protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment, to the extent provided by 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 5333 (b), also known as \u00a7 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act; and (v) paid training and retraining programs. Such protections shall be specified by the commission in any contract or lease for the acquisition or operation of any such transit facilities or services. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 53 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82445,"section_number":"33.2-1915","catch_line":"Powers and functions generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1915\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207043,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80699,"identifier":"33.2-1917","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/4\/33.2-1917","url":"\/33.2-1917\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1917\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/4\/33.2-1917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection of employees of public transportation systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any county or city, the commission<\/span> referred to in \u00a7 33.2-1915<\/a>, in addition to other prohibitions, shall not operate any such transit facility, or otherwise provide or cause to be provided any transportation services, unless fair and equitable<\/span> arrangements have been made for the protection of employees of existing public transportation<\/span> systems in the transportation district<\/span> or in the metropolitan area<\/span> in which the transportation district<\/span> is located. Such protections shall include (i) assurances of employment to employees of such transportation systems to the fullest extent possible consistent with sound management, and priority of employment or, if terminated or laid off, reemployment; (ii) preservation of rights, privileges<\/span>, and benefits, including continuation of pension rights and benefits, under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; (iii) continuation of collective bargaining rights; (iv) protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment, to the extent provided by 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 5333 (b), also known as \u00a7 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act; and (v) paid training and retraining programs. Such protections shall be specified by the commission<\/span> in any contract<\/span> or lease for the acquisition or operation of any such transit facilities<\/span> or services. The employees of any transit facility operated by the commission<\/span> shall have the right, in the case of any labor dispute relating to the terms and conditions of their employment for the purpose of resolving such dispute, to submit the dispute to final and binding arbitration by an impartial umpire or board<\/span> of arbitration acceptable to the parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (\u00a7 33.2-1917)\n\nIn any county or city, the commission referred to in \u00a7 33.2-1915, in addition\nto other prohibitions, shall not operate any such transit facility, or otherwise\nprovide or cause to be provided any transportation services, unless fair and\nequitable arrangements have been made for the protection of employees of\nexisting public transportation systems in the transportation district or in the\nmetropolitan area in which the transportation district is located. Such\nprotections shall include (i) assurances of employment to employees of such\ntransportation systems to the fullest extent possible consistent with sound\nmanagement, and priority of employment or, if terminated or laid off,\nreemployment; (ii) preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits, including\ncontinuation of pension rights and benefits, under existing collective\nbargaining agreements or otherwise; (iii) continuation of collective bargaining\nrights; (iv) protection of individual employees against a worsening of their\npositions with respect to their employment, to the extent provided by 49 U.S.C.\n\u00a7 5333 (b), also known as \u00a7 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act; and (v) paid\ntraining and retraining programs. Such protections shall be specified by the\ncommission in any contract or lease for the acquisition or operation of any such\ntransit facilities or services. The employees of any transit facility operated\nby the commission shall have the right, in the case of any labor dispute\nrelating to the terms and conditions of their employment for the purpose of\nresolving such dispute, to submit the dispute to final and binding arbitration\nby an impartial umpire or board of arbitration acceptable to the parties.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 53, \u00a7 15.1-1357.2; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 15.1-4517; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}