[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: 20CFR320.2]

[Page 523]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
 
Sec. 320.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    Base-year employer means the railroad employer(s) for whom a 
claimant worked and earned compensation creditable under the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act during the base year. The base year is the 
calendar year immediately preceding the benefit year for which a claim 
is being filed. A benefit year is generally the period July 1 through 
the following June 30.
    Party means the claimant, the base-year employer(s), or any person 
so designated under this part.

[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991]