[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR203.3]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 203_EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 203.3  When an individual is performing service for an employer.

    (a) The legal relationship of employer and employee is defined by 
the act. Thus, an individual is performing service for an employer if:
    (1) He is subject to the right of an employer, directly or through 
another, to supervise and direct the manner in which his services are 
rendered; or
    (2) In rendering professional or technical services he is integrated 
into the staff of the employer; or
    (3) He is rendering personal services on the property used in the 
operations of the employer and the services are integrated into those 
operations.

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    (b) The provisions in paragraph (a) of this section are controlling 
irrespective of whether the service is performed on a part-time basis, 
and, with respect to paragraph (a)(1) of this section, irrespective of 
whether the right to supervise and direct is exercised.