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Under the Railroad Retirement Act, a “current connection” with the railroad industry is one of the eligibility requirements for occupational disability annuities and supplemental annuities, and is one of the factors that determine whether the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) or the Social Security Administration has jurisdiction over the payment of monthly benefits to survivors of
Read moreThe U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced that during the lapse in Federal funding for certain Government operations which began October 1, ongoing benefit payments will continue and all RRB offices are expected to remain open. RRB field offices, operating with reduced staffs, may also accept new claims for unemployment and sickness benefits, but
Read moreBeginning October 1, 2013, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits by 7.2 percent due to Federal budget cuts first implemented in March 2013. Since that time, these benefits had been reduced by 9.2 percent. The adjusted reduction amount is based on revised projections of benefit claims and
Read moreRailroad 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 service may still retire at age 62, the age at which full retirement benefits are payable has been gradually increasing since the year 2000,
Read moreThe U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Ram Murthy as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). As CIO, Mr. Murthy will head the RRB’s Bureau of Information Services and its more than 150 employees. In that capacity, he will be responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the agency’s Information Resources Management program. Mr. Murthy will
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