[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR220.20]

[Page 127]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 220_AIRLINE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C_Carriers' Responsibilities
 
Sec. 220.20  Duty to hire.


    (a) Subject to Sec. 220.24, a covered air carrier shall have the 
duty to hire a designated employee, regardless of age, who otherwise 
meets the qualification requirements established by such carrier before 
it hires any other applicant when such carrier is seeking to fill a 
vacancy in the designated employee's occupational specialty from outside 
its work force. As used herein ``work force'' shall include all present 
employees and any furloughed or terminated employees who, at the time of 
furlough or termination, possessed recall or seniority rights.
    (b) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 220.24, a covered air carrier 
shall not fill a vacancy, which would otherwise be available to a 
designated employee, by promoting or reassigning a seasonal or temporary 
employee, unless such seasonal or temporary employee is a designated 
employee.
    (c) When considering applications from more than one designated 
employee for a particular vacancy, a covered air carrier shall be 
entitled to offer employment to any such designated employee in its 
absolute discretion.