[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: 20CFR325.2]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 325_REGISTRATION FOR RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 325.2  Procedure for registering for unemployment benefits.

    (a) Registering as unemployed. To claim unemployment benefits for 
any day, an employee must register as unemployed by doing the following:
    (1) Apply for unemployment benefits and employment service in 
accordance with Sec. 325.3;
    (2) File a claim in accordance with Sec. 325.4; and
    (3) Provide any other information that the Board needs to properly 
adjudicate his or her right to unemployment benefits.
    (b) No benefits payable without registration. No unemployment 
benefits shall be paid to any otherwise qualified employee with respect 
to any day claimed as a day of unemployment, and no waiting period 
credit shall be allowed, until such time as the employee has complied 
with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) When a registration period may begin. When registering for 
unemployment benefits, an employee may claim benefits for any calendar 
day on which he or she is unemployed and believes himself or herself to 
be eligible for benefits. A registration period may begin as early as 
the first calendar day on which an employee is unemployed following his 
or her last day of work even though such first calendar day would have 
been a rest day if the employee had not become unemployed. However, a 
registration period may not begin with any calendar day with respect to 
which an employee has received or will receive remuneration.

    Example 1. An employee whose rest days are Saturday and Sunday is 
laid off on Friday, September 2, after working his regular shift on that 
day. His first 14-day registration period could start as early as 
Saturday, September 3. A registration period starting on September 3 
would end on September 16. If he continues to be unemployed, his next 
registration period could begin September 17 and end September 30, and 
so forth.
    Example 2. An employee whose rest days are Saturday and Sunday is 
laid off on Friday, September 2, but he decides to take two weeks' 
vacation pay covering days through Friday, September 16. Because he will 
have received remuneration for days through September 16, his claim for 
unemployment benefits could begin on Saturday, September 17, if he 
continues to be unemployed after his vacation ends.
    Example 3. An employee whose rest days are Saturday and Sunday is 
laid off on Monday, September 5, after working his regular shift on that 
day. His first 14-day registration period could begin on Tuesday, 
September 6, the first day on which he was unemployed following his last 
day of work.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3220-0166)

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