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,y <br /> Act', the Public Body will assure as a condition of the <br /> release of funds that the Recipient agrees to be bound by the <br /> terrrfs and conditions of the National (Model ) Section 13(c) <br /> Agreement executed July 23, 1975, identified below', provided <br /> that other comparable arrangements may be substituted therefore, <br /> if approved by the Secretary of Labor and certified for <br /> inclusion in these conditions. <br /> (4) Any dispute or controversy arising regarding the application, <br /> interpretation, or enforcement of any of the provisions of this <br /> arrangement which cannot be settled by and between the parties <br /> at interest within thirty (30) days after the dispute or <br /> controversy first arises, may be referred by any such party to <br /> any final and binding disputes settlement procedure acceptable to <br /> the parties, or in the event they cannot agree upon such <br /> procedure, to the Department of Labor or an impartial third party <br /> designated by the Department of Labor for final and binding <br /> determination. The compensation and expenses of the impartial <br /> third party, and any other jointly incurred expenses, shall be <br /> borne equally by the parties to the proceeding and all other <br /> expenses shall be paid by the party incurring them. <br /> In the event of any dispute as to whether or not a particular <br /> employee was affected by the Project, it shall be his obligation <br /> to identify the Project and specify the pertinent facts of the <br /> Project relied upon. It shall then be the burden of either the <br /> Recipient or other party legally responsible for the application <br /> of these conditions to prove that factors other than the Project <br /> affected the employees. The claiming employee shall prevail if <br /> it is established that the Project had an effect upon the <br /> employee even if other factors may also have affected the <br /> employee. <br /> 1 Such protective arrangements shall include, without being limited to <br /> such provisions as may be necessary for (1) the preservation of <br /> rights, privileges, and benefits (including continuation of pension <br /> rights and benefits)-under existing collective bargaining agreements <br /> or otherwise; (2) the continuation of collective bargaining rights; <br /> (3) the protection of individual employees against a worsening of <br /> their positions with respect to their employment; (4) assurances of <br /> employment to employees of acquired mass transportation systems and <br /> priority of reemployment of employees terminated or laid off; and (5) <br /> paid training and retraining programs. Such arrangements shall <br /> include provisions protecting individual employees against a worsening <br /> of their positions with respect to their employment which shall in no <br /> event provide benefits less than those established pursuant to Section <br /> 5(2)(f) of the Act of February 4, 1887 (24 Stat. .379), as amended. <br /> 2 <br /> For purposes of this warranty arrangement, paragraphs (1); (2); (5) ; <br /> (15); (22); (231; (24) ; (26); (27); (28); and (29) of the Model <br /> Section 13(c) Agreement, executed July 23, 1975 are to be omitted. <br /> -43- <br />