[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: 20CFR259.2]

[Page 512]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 259_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS FROM INITIAL DETERMINATIONS WITH 
 
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.