{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s21105","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f21105.","heading":"Limitations on duty hours of dispatching service employees","text":"\u00a7\u202f21105.\nLimitations on duty hours of dispatching service employees\n(a)\nApplication.\u2014\nThis section applies, rather than section 21103 or 21104 of this title, to a train employee or signal employee during any period of time the employee is performing duties of a dispatching service employee.\n(b)\nGeneral.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a dispatching service employee may not be required or allowed to remain or go on duty for more than\u2014\n(1) a total of 9 hours during a 24-hour period in a tower, office, station, or place at which at least 2 shifts are employed; or\n(2) a total of 12 hours during a 24-hour period in a tower, office, station, or place at which only one shift is employed.\n(c)\nDetermining Time on Duty.\u2014\nUnder subsection (b) of this section, time spent performing any other service for the railroad carrier during a 24-hour period in which the employee is on duty in a tower, office, station, or other place is time on duty in that tower, office, station, or place.\n(d)\nEmergencies.\u2014\nWhen an emergency exists, a dispatching service employee may be allowed to remain or go on duty for not more than 4 additional hours during a period of 24 consecutive hours for not more than 3 days during a period of 7 consecutive days.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s21105.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f21105."},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitations on duty hours of dispatching service employees"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Application.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"This section applies, rather than section 21103 or 21104 of this title, to a train employee or signal employee during any period of time the employee is performing duties of a dispatching service employee.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a dispatching service employee may not be required or allowed to remain or go on duty for more than\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a total of 9 hours during a 24-hour period in a tower, office, station, or place at which at least 2 shifts are employed; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a total of 12 hours during a 24-hour period in a tower, office, station, or place at which only one shift is employed.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Determining Time on Duty.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Under subsection (b) of this section, time spent performing any other service for the railroad carrier during a 24-hour period in which the employee is on duty in a tower, office, station, or other place is time on duty in that tower, office, station, or place.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21105/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Emergencies.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"When an emergency exists, a dispatching service employee may be allowed to remain or go on duty for not more than 4 additional hours during a period of 24 consecutive hours for not more than 3 days during a period of 7 consecutive days.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}