[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: 20CFR216.17]



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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.  216.17  What amount of regular non-railroad employment will break 

a current connection.



    The amount of regular non-railroad employment needed to break a 

current connection depends on when the applicable 30-month period ends 

(see Sec.  216.13 of this part), as follows:

    (a) If the 30-month period ends in the calendar year before or in 

the same calendar year as the annuity begins or the



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month the employee dies, the current connection is broken if the 

employee:

    (1) Works in each month in the interval after the end of the 30-

month period and before the earlier of the month the annuity begins or 

the employee dies; or

    (2) Works and earns at least $200 in wages in any 3 months within 

the interval described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

    (b) If the 30-month period ends more than a year before the calendar 

year in which the annuity begins or the employee dies, the current 

connection is broken if the employee:

    (1) Works in any 2 consecutive years wholly or partially within the 

interval after the end of the 30-month period and before the month the 

annuity begins or the employee dies, whichever is earlier; and

    (2) Earns at least $1,000 in wages in any year wholly or partially 

within the interval described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section (but 

not counting earnings during the 30-month period and after the annuity 

beginning date), even if that year is not one of the 2 consecutive years 

described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.