employment offers

employment offers Sec. 614. (a) Section 502(b) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 772(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Mandatory Offer.—The Corporation shall offer employment, to be effective as of the date of a conveyance or discontinuance of serv-90 STAT. 113ice under the provisions of this Act, to each employee of a railroad in reorganization in the region who has not already accepted an offer of employment by the Association (where applicable), an acquiring railroad, or the Corporation. Such offers of employment to employees represented by labor organizations shall be confined to their same craft and class. The Corporation shall apply to such employees the protective provisions of this title.”. (b) Section 502(a) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 772(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “As used in this subsection, the term ‘where applicable’ refers to the relation of the Association, as an employer (A) to employees of the Association who, before the date of conveyance, under section 303(b) (1) of this Act, had creditable service under the relevant statute and who were offered and accepted coverage under such statute, and (B) to former employees of railroads in reorganization in the region, after the date of such conveyance.”.