noncontract employees

noncontract employees Sec. 210. (a) Section 505 (i)(2) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 775 (i)(2)) is amended by inserting immediately after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: “Such resolution procedure shall be the exclusive means available to the parties for resolving such dispute, and any arbitration decision rendered shall be final and binding on all parties.”. (b) Section 505(i) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 775 (i)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-lowing new paragraph: “(3) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a protected employee whose employment is not governed by the terms of a collective bar-gaining agreement, and who has been deprived of employment shall not, during the period in which he is entitled to protection, be placed in a worse position with respect to any voluntary relief plan benefits or preretirement benefits provided under any life or medical insurance plan, except that the level of benefits to which such an employee is entitled under this paragraph shall not exceed the level of benefits which is afforded to the Corporation’s active noncontract employees of comparable age, position, and level of compensation,”. 90 STAT. 2624 (d) Section 505(b)(4) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 775(b)(4) ) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence : “This paragraph shall not apply to any noncontract employee whose noncontract position has been abolished.