November 6, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 1, 2019) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will increase in January 2020 due to a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2018 to the...
November 6, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 1, 2019) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2020 without having their benefits reduced as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average...
November 1, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement press release, October 7, 2019) CHICAGO — Employee annuities paid under the Railroad Retirement Act are subject to dual benefit reductions when social security benefits are also payable, and they may be subject to reduction when certain...
October 10, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 27, 2019) CHICAGO — Starting October 1, 2019, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits by 5.9 percent, down from the current 6.2 percent...
October 9, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, October 8, 2019) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Terryne Murphy as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). As CIO, Ms. Murphy will head the RRB’s Bureau of Information Services and its staff...
September 27, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 25, 2019) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement and railroad unemployment insurance systems....
August 30, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, July 15, 2019) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, which provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those who...
August 21, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Lexology, August 21, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Munoz v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 2018 IL App (1st) 171009 (Munoz I), Plaintiff Munoz sued his railroad employer under the FELA for an on-duty personal injury. A jury awarded Munoz a large sum...
August 9, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 8, 2019) CHICAGO — Kimberley M. Cameron has been named as an Assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), Erhard R. Chorlé. At the time of her appointment, Ms. Cameron served as the...
August 9, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 5, 2019) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Crystal Coleman as its Director of Programs. As a result, Ms. Coleman will be responsible for overseeing all operations to process and pay...
