December 11, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement beneficiaries are reminded that receipt of a private railroad pension may reduce the amount of a supplemental annuity payable by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). The...
November 25, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, October 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2021 without having their benefits reduced as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average...
November 25, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, October 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will increase in January 2021 due to a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2019 to the...
November 3, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Under the Budget Control Act of 2011, and a subsequent sequestration order to implement mandated cuts, railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits are reduced by a set percentage...
October 30, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: SCOTUS Blog, October 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The court will hear argument on Monday, Nov. 2, in Salinas v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, a case involving two of these statutes, the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,...
October 7, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 15, 2020) CHICAGO — As required by law, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) submits annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement and railroad unemployment insurance...
October 7, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 30, 2020) CHICAGO — Daniel J. Bartnicki has been named an attorney-advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), Erhard R. Chorlé. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Bartnicki was the...
September 23, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 20, 2020) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Spiridoula Mavrothalasitis as Director of Hearings and Appeals. In this position, Ms. Mavrothalasitis will be responsible for...
September 16, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, July 31, 2020) CHICAGO — According to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) policy, every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a railroad retirement...
September 2, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 31, 2020) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Dr. Elizabeth Bonson as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Bonson will provide expert medical guidance to the RRB’s Office of Programs,...
