Railroad Retirement Board : Retirement, Survivor, Disability, Unemployment, and Sickness Benefits.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles.

Economic development.

Railroads.

Unemployment insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (12 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-RS-22350a in the 2011 issue.

Describes eligibility requirements, benefit types, compensation amounts, and program financing for the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), which administers retirement, survivor, disability, unemployment, and sickness insurance for railroad industry employees and survivors. Reviews changes made to RRB and railroad unemployment insurance benefits in P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and in follow-on legislation concerning temporary extended unemployment benefits for railroad workers.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Railroad Retirement Board

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