FELA Lawsuit

Legislation intended to promote railroad safety was approved Wednesday

in the House. If the bill becomes law, the Federal Railroad Administration

would undergo a name change to become the Federal Railroad Safety

Administration. The bill would reduce the number of hours railroad workers

could work each day from 14 to 12, and would also require workers to receive

10 hours off between shifts. The amount of so called “limbo time”  (time

that employees spend waiting to be taken to their final release point after

their shift ends), would be reduced to no more than 10 hours a month. The

bill proposes to phase in the new limit over a three year period. The Senate

does not at the moment have an equivalent bill under consideration.