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Educational Materials

 

We provide informational kits full of handouts and other helpful resources to those who attend our Pre-Retirement Seminars. The following are links to online and downloadable versions of items included in program kits:

Featured Items

2025 Informational Handbook

myRRB Handout

Order Form for Union Reps

Retirement and Survivor Benefits

IB-2:  Railroad Retirement and Survivor Benefits (02/25)

G-508:  Employee Guide To Railroad Retirement Benefits (02/25)

RB-20:  Medicare for Railroad Workers and Their Families (01/25)

RB-3:  Furnishing Evidence to Support Your Claim (03/19)

TXB-85:  Taxation of Railroad Retirement Act Annuities (03/23)

G-177B:  When Military Service is Creditable Toward Benefits Under the RRA (04/08)

G-177L:  General Information About Continuing in or Returning to Non-Railroad Employment After Retirement (05/03)

Myths and Facts about Railroad Retirement (01/25)

Spouses Encouraged to Apply for Annuities (02/24)

Q&A:  Buyouts and Railroad Retirement Benefits (10/24)

Q&A:  Annuitants May Need to Increase Tax Withholding at Age 62 (04/24)

Q&A:  Private Railroad Pensions May Reduce RRB Supplemental Annuities (05/23)

Q&A: The Social Security Fairness Act and its Impact on Railroad Retirement Annuities (03/25)

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

UB-9:  Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Benefits (07/25)

G-508A:  Employee Guide To Unemployment/Sickness Benefits (07/25)

UB-10:  Unemployment Benefits for Railroad Employees - with unemployment benefit application (10/21)

UB-11:  Sickness Benefits for Railroad Employees - with sickness benefit application (03/12)

Q&A:  Unemployment and Sickness Benefits for Railroad Employees (06/25)

Other

G-34:  Railroad Retirement Board Reminders (12/24)

T-83:  Offices of the Railroad Retirement Board (06/25)

IB-7:  Facts About the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (03/25)

IB-3:  Customer Service Plan (03/23)
 

Additional informational materials not included in the kits we provide are available to view, download, and print:

UB-12:  Guide to Finding the Right Job (12/05)

IB-6:  Separation and Dismissal Allowances Under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts (06/09)

G-177S:  General Conditions Under Which a Person is Entitled to a Railroad Retirement Widow(er)/Surviving Divorced Spouse Annuity (09/06)

RRB/SSA Comparison Chart (FY24)

When Can I Retire? - Employee Handout (01/25)

When Can I Retire? - Spouse Handout (01/25)

When Can A Widow(er) Retire? Handout (01/25)

Publicaciones en Espanol:
UB-10s:  Beneficios de Desempleo para Empleados Ferroviários (10/10)

UB-11s:  Guía acerca de beneficios de enfermedad para empleados/as ferroviários/as (10/10)

RB-4a:  Guía para la jubilación de ferroviários/as y beneficios de sobrevivientes (09/09)

 

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