August 31, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 23, 2021) CHICAGO — The RUIA provides for payment of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to eligible employees for days of unemployment and for the payment of sickness insurance (SI) benefits for days of...
August 31, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, July 30, 2021) CHICAGO — As required by law, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) submits annual financial reports and triennial actuarial valuations to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement...
August 2, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 24, 2021, and revised July 6, 2021 regarding Q&A #2 to clarify some confusion related to pandemic legislation.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance...
July 27, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 18, 2021) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a Form BA-6, Certificate of Service Months and Compensation, for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in...
July 21, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 18, 2021) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a Form BA-6, Certificate of Service Months and Compensation, for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in...
July 21, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 23, 2021) CHICAGO — The RUIA provides for payment of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to eligible employees for days of unemployment and for the payment of sickness insurance (SI) benefits for days of...
July 21, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 24, 2021, and revised July 6, 2021 regarding Q&A #2 to clarify some confusion related to pandemic legislation.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance...
July 1, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 30, 2021) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Mark Blythe as its Director of Field Service, effective May 24, 2021. He replaces Daniel J. Fadden, who was named the RRB’s Director of...
June 21, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 27, 2021) CHICAGO — Monthly benefits may be payable under the Railroad Retirement Act to the surviving widow(er), children, and certain other dependents of a railroad employee if the employee was “insured” under...
May 27, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 27, 2021) CHICAGO — The payment of a railroad retirement annuity can be affected by entitlement to social security benefits, as well as certain other government benefits. Such dual entitlement, if not reported to...
