August 20, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Bloomberg BNA, August 13, 2018) BOSTON — Massachusetts can’t apply its paid sick leave law to railroad employees who are protected by a federal unemployment insurance program, according to a federal district court. The federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance...
July 30, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, July 17, 2018) 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...
July 17, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 31, 2018) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement benefits are subject to reduction if an employee with less than 30 years of service retires before attaining full retirement age. While employees with less than 30 years of...
June 11, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 23, 2018) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in...
May 23, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 1, 2018) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Act provides disability annuities for railroaders who become totally or occupationally disabled. Medicare coverage before age 65 is also available for totally disabled...
May 18, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 17, 2018) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will send new Medicare cards to its beneficiaries in the coming weeks. The primary benefit of the new cards is that it makes identity theft much less...
May 15, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Jurist, May 14, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Supreme Court on Monday added two cases, BNSF Railway Company v. Loos and Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. Devries, to its docket for next term. In BNSF Railway Company, the central issue to be decided is whether...
May 2, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 2, 2018) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act, so that railroad retirement benefits remain higher than...
April 2, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 23, 2018) CHICAGO — The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement beneficiaries...
March 28, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 15, 2018) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Shawna R. Weekley as its Chief Financial Officer. At the time of her appointment, Ms. Weekley was the RRB’s Deputy Chief Financial...
