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2024 Reporting Summary - Labor Organizations

2024 Reporting Summary - Labor Organizations

 

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Online Tax Forms for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Online Tax Forms for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Benefits
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The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is reminding railroad workers who received Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) benefits in the last calendar year that they can access their W-2 and/or 1099-G forms online. (Individuals who were paid retirement and/or survivor benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act will only receive mailed copies of their tax forms and will not be able to access them online.) 

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Q&A: Legal Partition and Railroad Retirement Employee Annuities

Q&A: Legal Partition and Railroad Retirement Employee Annuities
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Like private sector pension plans, select components of a railroad retirement employee annuity may be considered as marital property subject to legal partition in a state court action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, if certain conditions are met. 

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RRB Will Use Survey Results to Improve Disability Benefit Programs

RRB Will Use Survey Results to Improve Disability Benefit Programs
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The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) earned a score of 70 in a recent survey of disability annuitants using methodology of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The study was conducted by the Federal Consulting Group and Claes Fornell International over a one-month period in November and December of 2022. A total of 258 individuals took part in the telephone survey.

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RRB Issues Statements of Service

RRB Issues Statements of Service

 

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RRB Issues Statements of Service

During the first half of June, the RRB will mail a Certificate of Service Months and Compensation (Form BA-6) to every railroad employee who had creditable railroad compensation in the previous calendar year.

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2023 Compliance Report

2023 Compliance Report

 

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Brandenburg Named Attorney-Advisor to RRB Management Member

Brandenburg Named Attorney-Advisor to RRB Management Member
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Erin Brandenburg has been appointed as an attorney-advisor to the Management Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), Thomas R. Jayne. In this role, she will advise and counsel on a variety of financial, management, and legal issues affecting the RRB’s benefits and programs.

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RRB’s Field Service Recognized for Improved Employee Satisfaction

RRB’s Field Service Recognized for Improved Employee Satisfaction
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The annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings showed the Bureau of Field Service at the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) as the most improved among all agency subcomponents governmentwide. Its leadership was recognized in Washington, D.C. on April 12 at an event scheduled to coincide with the release of the governmentwide employee engagement and satisfaction scores for 2022, with full rankings for all participating agencies and related analysis of several critical workplace issues.

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RRB Names Director of Policy and Systems

RRB Names Director of Policy and Systems
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The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Randolph “Randy” Hayden as its Director of Policy and Systems, effective January 1, 2023.

In that position, Mr. Hayden will be responsible for developing and improving computer programs and systems, along with necessary forms, instructions, and processes, to calculate and pay benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act while providing outstanding service to RRB customers. He will be responsible for managing about 55 analysts and staff in Policy and Systems. 

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Q&A: Credit for Military Service under the Railroad Retirement Act

Q&A: Credit for Military Service under the Railroad Retirement Act
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Many railroad employees have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be creditable as railroad service under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA).

The following questions and answers provide information on how military service may be credited towards railroad retirement annuities.

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