20 CFR § 320.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s320.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 320.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "320.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT"
part_number: "320"
part_name: "INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT AND REVIEWS OF AND APPEALS FROM SUCH DETERMINATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 355 and 362(1)."
regulatory_source: "Board Order 58-142, 23 FR 9090, Nov. 22, 1958, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "320"
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# 320.2 Definitions.
As used in this part—
*Base-year employer* means the railroad employer(s) for whom a claimant worked and earned compensation creditable under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act during the base year. The base year is the calendar year immediately preceding the benefit year for which a claim is being filed. A benefit year is generally the period July 1 through the following June 30.
*Party* means the claimant, the base-year employer(s), or any person so designated under this part.
[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991]