[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: 20CFR205.2]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 205_EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  205.2  Definition of employee representative.



    (a) An individual shall be an employee representative within the 

meaning of the Railroad Retirement Act if he or she is an officer or 

official representative of a railway labor organization, other than a 

labor organization included in the term ``employer'' within the meaning 

of part 202 of these regulations, who before or after August 29, 1935, 

was in the service of an ``employer'' within the meaning of part 202 of 

these regulations and who is duly authorized and designated to represent 

employees in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

    (b) An individual is also considered to be an employee 

representative within the meaning of the Act if he or she is regularly 

assigned to or regularly employed by an individual described in 

paragraph (a) of this section in connection with the duties of the 

office of employee representative of said individual.

    (c) Example: A is employed by railroad R as a carman. He is also 

employed as recording secretary for the local chapter of union U, which 

has been recognized as the collective bargaining representative of the 

carmen of R. Although U represents some railroad employees, it is not a 

railway labor organization as described in part 202 of these 

regulations. A is an employee representative. His service for U is 

treated as employee service under the Railroad Retirement Act.