94 STAT. 1952
PUBLIC LAW 96-448—OCT. 14, 1980 "(9) The average monthly compensation or protected rate of pay provided by this section shall in no event exceed $2,500 in any month, except that such amount shall be adjusted to reflect general wage increases subsequent to April 1, 1976. "(10) A protected employee and his representative shall be furnished with such employee's protected rate of pay, or average monthly compensation and average monthly time paid for, subject to the maximum amount, computed in accordance with the terms of this subsection. Each protected employee who has been deprived of employment or his representative and the employer shall agree upon a procedure by which the employee shall keep the employer currently informed of the unemployment compensation benefits received by such employee and the earnings of such employee in employment other than with such employer. (11) In the case of a supplemental transaction— "(A) with respect to an employee described in paragraph (1) of this subsection who was not employed on September 1, 1979, the protected rate of pay of such employee shall be based on the rate of pay of the position held by such employee on the first day of the first month after September 1979 in which such employee was employed; "(B) with respect to an employee described in paragraph (2) of this subsection who was not employed during the 12 months immediately preceding January 1, 1975, the average monthly compensation of such employee shall be determined on the basis of the first 12-month period after January 1, 1974, during which such employee was employed; and "(C) with respect to an employee described in paragraph (3) of this subsection— "(i) if such employee was employed during the 12 months immediately preceding January 1, 1975, the average monthly compensation of such employee shall be determined on the basis of such 12-month period; and "(ii) if such employee was not employed during the 12 months immediately preceding January 1, 1975, the preponderance of work of such employee shall be determined on the basis of the first 12-month period after January 1, 1974, during which such employee was employed.". DURATION OF MONTHLY DISPLACEMENT ALLOWANCE
SEC. 502. Section 505(c) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 775(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c)
DURATION OF MONTHLY DISPLACEMENT ALLOWANCE.—The
monthly displacement allowance provided for in subsection (b) of this section shall, in the case of a protected employee with 5 or more years of service on the effective date of this Act, continue until the attainment of age 65 by such employee, and shall, in the case of a protected employee who has less than 5 years of service on such date, continue for a period equal to the employee's total prior years of service, except that such monthly displacement allowance— "(1) shall terminate upon the protected employee's death, retirement, resignation, or dismissal for cause; "(2) shall not be paid with respect to any period of disciplinary suspension for cause, failure to work due to illness or disability, voluntary furlough, or failure to retain or obtain a position
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