What happens to workers when a state facility is transferred

(a) The corporation and the unions representing employees of the facility or facilities shall meet to discuss the impact of a transfer on the employees and the feasibility of tempering the adverse effect of layoffs by amending the employees' collective bargaining agreements pursuant to section 89-8.5. (b) The employees working at a transferred facility shall be subject to laws and regulations that apply to private sector employees. The employees of a private entity or its nonprofit management entity shall not be governed by state laws that apply to public officers and employees of the State including but not limited to section 76-16(b) and all other sections of chapter 76, chapters 89, 89A, and 89C, and any other laws and regulations that govern public or government employment in the State. (c) The private entity or its nonprofit management entity shall offer all employees of the pre-transfer facility, employment for a period of no less than six months after the transfer completion date. (d) No employee of the corporation who is separated from service as a result of implementation of an agreement and transfer under this part shall suffer any loss of any previously earned rights, benefits or privileges. (e) Subject to subsection (c), the private entity or its nonprofit management entity shall take all reasonable steps necessary to provide for a smooth transition of employees from state employment to private employment by the private entity or its nonprofit management entity at a transferred facility.