[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: 20CFR216.16]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 216_ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart B_Current Connection With the Railroad Industry

 

Sec.  216.16  What is regular non-railroad employment.



    (a) Regular non-railroad employment is full or part-time employment 

for pay.

    (b) Regular non-railroad employment does not include any of the 

following:

    (1) Self-employment;

    (2) Temporary work provided as relief by an agency of a Federal, 

State, or local government;

    (3) Service inside or outside the United States for an employer 

under the Railroad Retirement Act, even if the employer does not conduct 

the main part of its business in the United States;

    (4) Involuntary military service not creditable under the Railroad 

Retirement Act;

    (5) Employment with the following agencies of the United States 

Government:

    (i) Department of Transportation;

    (ii) Interstate Commerce Commission;

    (iii) National Mediation Board;

    (iv) Railroad Retirement Board;

    (v) National Transportation Safety Board; or

    (vi) Surface Transportation Board.

    (6) Employment entered into after early retirement by an employee 

who is receiving an annuity under Conrail's voluntary annuity program. 

This program is provided under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 

96-448); or

    (7) Employment with the Alaska Railroad so long as it is an 

instrumentality of the State of Alaska.



[56 FR 28692, June 24, 1991, as amended at 62 FR 11324, Mar. 12, 1997]