[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: 20CFR259.1]

[Page 511-512]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 259_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS FROM INITIAL DETERMINATIONS WITH 
 
Sec.  259.1  Initial determinations with respect to employer and employee 

status.

    (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]