[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: 20CFR320.5]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
 
Sec. 320.5  Initial determinations.

    An initial determination shall be made with respect to each claim 
for unemployment or sickness benefits by the appropriate adjudicating 
office as provided by Sec. 320.6 of this part. Prior to making an 
initial determination the Board shall provide the claimant's base-year 
employer(s) and most recent employer if different with notice that a 
claim has been filed and that the employer(s) has an opportunity to 
submit information which may be pertinent to the adjudication of the 
claim. The adjudicating office shall make its determination on the basis 
of the claimant's application and claim and any relevant information or 
evidence including any information received from the base-year 
employer(s). A determination allowing payment of an initial claim shall 
not establish a presumption that benefits for subsequent claims in the 
same period of unemployment or sickness are also payable. The Director 
of Policy and Systems shall issue instructions with respect to the 
adjudication of claims and initial determination on such claims. If it 
is found that only part of the benefits claimed may initially be paid, a 
partial payment shall be made prior to a final decision on the whole 
claim.

[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991, as amended at 77156, Dec. 17, 2002]

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