100 STAT. 1783-383
PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986
Federal health and life insurance programs available to employees on the day before such date. Ob) LABOR AGREEMENTS.—
(1) ADOPTION.—The Airports Authority shall adopt all labor agreements which are in effect on the date the lease under section 6005 takes effect. Such agreements shall continue in effect for the 5-year period commencing on such date, unless the agreement provides for a shorter duration or the parties agree to the contrary before the expiration of that 5-year period. Such agreements shall be renegotiated during the 5-year period, unless the parties agree otherwise. Any labor-management negotiation impasse declared before the date the lease takes effect shall be settled in accordance with chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code. (2) CONTINUATION.—The arrangements made pursuant to this section shall assure, during the 50-year lease term, the continuation of all collective bargaining rights enjoyed by transferred employees retained by the Airports Authority. (c) RIGHTS OF TERMINATED EMPLOYEES.—Any transferred employee whose employment with the Airports Authority is terminated during the 5-year period beginning on the date the lease under section 6005 takes effect shall be entitled, as a condition of any lease entered into in accordance with section 6005 of this title, to rights and benefits to be provided by the Airports Authority that are similar to those such employee would have had under Federal law if termination had occurred immediately before such date. (d) ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE.—Any employee who transfers to the
Airports Authority under this section shall not be entitled to lumpsum payment for unused annual leave under section 5551 of title 5, United States Code, but shall be credited by the Airports Authority with the unused annual leave balance on the date the lease under section 6005 takes effect, along with any unused sick leave balance on such date. During the 5-year period beginning on such date, annual and sick leave shall be earned at the same rates permitted on the day before such date, and observed official holidays shall be the same as those specified in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code. (e) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT.—Any Federal employee who transfers to the Airports Authority and who on the day before the date the lease under section 6005 takes effect is subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, or chapter 84 of such title shall, so long as continually employed by the Airports Authority without a break in service, continue to be subject to such subchapter or chapter, as the case may be. Employment by the Airports Authority without a break in continuity of service shall be considered to be employment by the United States Government for purposes of such subchapter and chapter. The Airports Authority shall be the employing agency for purposes of such subchapter and chapter and shall contribute to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund such sums as are required by such subchapter and chapter. (f) SEPARATED EMPLOYEES.—An employee who does not transfer to the Airports Authority and who does not otherwise remain a Federal employee shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits available under Federal law for separated employees, except that severance pay shall not be payable to an employee who does not
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