[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: 20CFR320.5]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 

INSURANCE ACT AND REVIEWS OF AND APPEALS FROM SUCH DETERMINATIONS

--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  320.5  Initial determinations.



    An initial determination shall be made with respect to each claim 

for unemployment or sickness benefits by the appropriate adjudicating 

office as provided by Sec.  320.6 of this part. Prior to making an 

initial determination the Board shall provide the claimant's base-year 

employer(s) and most recent employer if different with notice that a 

claim has been filed and that the employer(s) has an opportunity to 

submit information which may be pertinent to the adjudication of the 

claim. The adjudicating office shall make its determination on the basis 

of the claimant's application and claim and any relevant information or 

evidence including any information received from the base-year 

employer(s). A determination allowing payment of an initial claim shall 

not establish a presumption that benefits for subsequent claims in the 

same period of unemployment or sickness are also payable. The Director 

of Policy and Systems shall issue instructions with respect to the 

adjudication of claims and initial determination on such claims. If it 

is found that only part of the benefits claimed may initially be paid, a 

partial payment shall be made prior to a final decision on the whole 

claim.



[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991, as amended at 77156, Dec. 17, 2002]



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