[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR205.2]

[Page 196]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 205_EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  205.2  Definition of employee representative.

    (a) An individual shall be an employee representative within the 
meaning of the Railroad Retirement Act if he or she is an officer or 
official representative of a railway labor organization, other than a 
labor organization included in the term ``employer'' within the meaning 
of part 202 of these regulations, who before or after August 29, 1935, 
was in the service of an ``employer'' within the meaning of part 202 of 
these regulations and who is duly authorized and designated to represent 
employees in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, as amended.
    (b) An individual is also considered to be an employee 
representative within the meaning of the Act if he or she is regularly 
assigned to or regularly employed by an individual described in 
paragraph (a) of this section in connection with the duties of the 
office of employee representative of said individual.
    (c) Example: A is employed by railroad R as a carman. He is also 
employed as recording secretary for the local chapter of union U, which 
has been recognized as the collective bargaining representative of the 
carmen of R. Although U represents some railroad employees, it is not a 
railway labor organization as described in part 202 of these 
regulations. A is an employee representative. His service for U is 
treated as employee service under the Railroad Retirement Act.