Rules - USA - Bus Drivers Ordered to Buckle Up
MTA officials hail an arbitrator's ruling, which takes effect immediately. Some operators aren't embracing the decision
Los Angeles,Cal,USA - LaA Times, by Caitlin Liu -Nov 17, 2005: -- In a decision sending bus drivers across Los Angeles County scrambling to buckle up, an arbitrator has decreed that they must wear seat belts while on the job, officials said Wednesday... The ruling, reached after months of meetings between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the United Transportation Union, applies to thousands of local bus drivers and settles what had been a hotly disputed area of the law... California law does not require transit bus drivers to buckle up, but the MTA — as an employer — has the right to mandate a reasonable safety rule, arbitrator Howard Block said in a written opinion... On Wednesday, some drivers fretted over the ruling...
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