[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: 20CFR259.1]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 259_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS FROM INITIAL DETERMINATIONS 

WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYER STATUS AND EMPLOYEE STATUS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  259.1  Initial determinations with respect to employer and 

employee status.









Sec.

259.1 Initial determinations with respect to employer and employee 

          status.

259.2 Parties to determinations with respect to employer and employee 

          status.

259.3 Reconsideration of initial determinations with respect to employer 

          or employee status.

259.4 Authority to conduct investigations.

259.5 Appeals from decisions of the Board.

259.6 Finality of determinations issued under this part.



    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f; 45 U.S.C. 362(l).



    Source: 43 FR 56889, Dec. 5, 1978, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) All requests for a determination with respect to employer or 

employee status shall be filed with the Secretary to the Board.

    (b) The General Counsel of the Railroad Retirement Board or his or 

her designee shall make the initial investigations with respect to:

    (1) The status of any person as an employer under the Railroad 

Retirement



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Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and the rules and 

regulations issued thereunder; and

    (2) The status of any individual or group of individuals as an 

employee or employees of an employer covered under the Railroad 

Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

    (c) Upon completion of this investigation the General Counsel, or 

his or her designee, shall submit to the Board the results of the 

investigation together with a recommendation concerning the coverage 

determination. The Board shall make the initial determination with 

respect to the status of any person as an employer or as an employee 

under the Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

Act. The Secretary to the Board shall promptly notify the party or 

parties, as defined in Sec.  259.2 of this part, and other interested 

persons or entities of the Board's determination.



[57 FR 4366, Feb. 5, 1992]