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Employment, Payrolls, and Tax Collections

Employment, Payrolls, and Tax Collections

 

Railroad employment has varied considerably over the years. The total number of employees with some service in a year has ranged from a high of 3 million in the war year 1945 to a low of 247,000 in calendar year 2010. The average number employed has varied between a high of 1.7 million in the war years 1944-45 to a low of approximately 221,000 in 2010. Average employment in 2015 rose 5,000 from the previous year to 247,000.

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Management Strategies

Management Strategies

 

In addition to these ongoing programs and strategic goals, we have developed complementary plans in the areas of information technology investments, human capital planning, financial management and procurement. These areas are strategically important in that they provide vital support to achieving our stated objectives and strategic goals.

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Court Decisions, Legislation Enacted 2006-2015

Court Decisions, Legislation Enacted 2006-2015

 

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 was signed into law August 17, 2006. The Act, effective August 17, 2007, provided divorced spouses a railroad retirement annuity independent of the employee's actual entitlement and extended court-ordered partition payments to surviving former spouses. Legislation enacted January 12, 2007, increased the amount employees receiving railroad retirement disability annuities can earn without losing any benefits. Legislation modifying partition payments was signed into law on December 23, 2008.

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Strategic Goal II - Stewardship

Strategic Goal II - Stewardship

 

The RRB is committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities, not only to the railroad community but as a member of the larger Federal Government community. We will run the agency in an efficient, effective manner, treat our employees with the respect they deserve, and ensure that funds appropriated for agency operations are spent for their intended purposes. We will also take appropriate action to safeguard the funds used for benefit payments. The following objectives will chart our success toward this broad goal.

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The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001

The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001

 

The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001, signed into law December 21, 2001, liberalized early retirement benefits for 30-year employees and their spouses, eliminated a cap on monthly retirement and disability benefits, lowered the minimum service requirement from 10 years (120 months) to 5 years (60 months) of service if performed after 1995, and provided increased benefits for some widow(er)s.

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Strategic Goal I - Customer Service

Strategic Goal I - Customer Service

 

Goal I: The RRB Will Provide Excellent Customer Service

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Legislation Enacted 1985-2000

Legislation Enacted 1985-2000

 

The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, known as the Gramm/Rudman/Hollings Act, enacted in December 1985, required decreases in vested dual benefit payments during the 1986 fiscal year and suspension of the January 1986 cost-of-living increase in the tier II portions of railroad retirement annuities. Gramm/Rudman and/or related budget legislation reduced vested dual benefits and supplemental annuities periodically in subsequent years.

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The 1983 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act

The 1983 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act

 

The scheduled annuity reductions were averted by enactment of the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act on August 12, 1983. The 1983 Act was based on negotiated recommendations of management and labor, and also incorporated recommend-ations of Congress and the Administration. The amendments were, in part, patterned after major social security amendments enacted earlier in the year, which had already effected changes in railroad retirement taxes and benefits through coordinating provisions in the Railroad Retirement Act.

Taxes

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Strategic Priorities

Strategic Priorities

 

We have two comprehensive strategic priorities for this planning period: Customer Service and Trust Fund Stewardship.

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1981 Amendments

1981 Amendments

 

By 1980, recurring inflation and recession combined with other factors placed financial stresses on the railroad retirement system which made it clear that further financial action was needed to maintain the system. Railroad retirement amendments were subsequently enacted on August 13, 1981, as part of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The amendments were generally effective October 1, 1981.

Taxes

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