---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.311"
title: "49"
number: "214.311"
heading: "Responsibility of employers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.311"
---

# §214.311. Responsibility of employers.

- (a) Each employer is responsible for the understanding and compliance by its employees with its rules and the requirements of this part.
- (b) Each employer shall guarantee each employee the absolute right to challenge in good faith whether the on-track safety procedures to be applied at the job location comply with the rules of the operating railroad, and to remain clear of the track until the challenge is resolved.
- (c) Each employer shall have in place a written procedure to achieve prompt and equitable resolution of challenges made in accordance with §§ [214.311(b)](#b) and [214.313(d)](/cfr/49/214.313.md?p=d).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.