April 28, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 30, 2021) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act. As a result, railroad retirement benefits are higher...
April 19, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: The Capital Times, April 15, 2021) MADISON, Wisc. — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and the mayors of Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis urged federal officials to support extending Amtrak’s passenger rail line through the upper Midwest. Full...
March 31, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 30, 2021) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act. As a result, railroad retirement benefits are higher...
March 30, 2021 | News, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, March 30 — As you may have heard, Congress recently enacted legislation to provide some financial relief to railroaders. In the...
March 17, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 15, 2021) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Keith T. Sartain as its Chief Actuary, effective February 15, 2021. Mr. Sartain will direct the RRB’s Bureau of the Actuary and Research...
March 2, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 1, 2021) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the following principles of quality public service: openness, accessibility, accountability, feedback, and timeliness standards....
February 18, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, January 26, 2020) CHICAGO — Under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), a “current connection with the railroad industry” is one of the eligibility requirements for both the occupational disability and...
February 18, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 10, 2021) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has developed two changes to the agency’s nationwide toll-free telephone system that should improve customers’ access to agency staff and services....
February 18, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 16, 2021) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Nancy L. Bitzer as Director of Human Resources, effective January 31, 2021. In this position, Ms. Bitzer is responsible for...
December 11, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, October 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Unless certain exemption requirements are met, Railroad Retirement Act spouse and widow(er)s’ annuities (including divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse, and remarried widow(er)s’...
