[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: 20CFR259.2]



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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.  259.2  Parties to determinations with respect to employer and 

employee status.



    (a) With respect to any determination under this part concerning the 

status of a person as an employer under the Railroad Retirement Act and 

the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, that person shall be a party to 

such determination and may submit written briefs or argument, as well as 

any documentary evidence pertinent to the matter at issue, to the 

decision maker to be considered in the rendition of a determination. The 

employees of such person may submit written briefs or argument with 

respect to such determination, but shall not be parties thereto.

    (b) With respect to any determination under this part concerning the 

status of an individual or group of individuals as an employee or 

employees of an employer covered by the Railroad Retirement Act and the 

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the employer alleged to be the 

employer of the individual or group of individuals and the individual or 

group of individuals shall each be considered a party to such 

determination and may submit written briefs or argument, and documentary 

evidence pertinent to the matter at issue, to the decision maker to be 

considered in the rendition of a determination.