[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 20CFR320.19]

[Page 549]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 
 
Sec.  320.19  Election to participate.

    (a) Claimant files an appeal. Where the claimant has filed an appeal 
under Sec.  320.12 of this part the hearings officer shall notify the 
claimant's base-year employer(s) that such an appeal has been filed and 
shall provide the base-year employer with a statement of issues on 
appeal. The hearings officer shall inform the base-year employer(s) that 
such employer(s) shall have a right to be present at any hearing which 
is to be held under this part and the right to submit evidence with 
respect to the issues on appeal. Within 30 days of the date of such 
notice a base-year employer shall provide the hearings officer with a 
statement in writing which summarizes the evidence which such employer 
intends to present with respect to the issues on appeal, which indicates 
whether the employer wishes to be present at any hearing which may be 
held, and which designates who will represent the employer with respect 
to the appeal. An employer who fails to respond in the time prescribed 
shall be barred from further participation in the appeal and shall 
forfeit any further right to review as provided for in this part.
    (b) Base-year employer files an appeal. Where a base-year employer 
files an appeal under Sec.  320.12 of this part, the hearings officer 
shall notify the claimant that such an appeal has been filed and shall 
provide the claimant with a statement of issues on appeal. The hearings 
officer shall inform the claimant that he or she or a duly authorized 
representative shall have a right to be present at any hearing which is 
to be held under this part and the right to submit evidence with respect 
to the issues on appeal. Within 30 days of the date of such notice the 
claimant shall file with the hearings officer an election to participate 
in the appeal. A claimant who fails to file an election in the time 
prescribed shall be barred from further participation in the appeal and 
shall forfeit any right of review as provided for in this part.

[56 FR 65680, Dec. 18, 1991]