{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-229.80","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 229.80","heading":"Earnings restrictions.","body":"The O/M may be reduced due to earnings from employment or self-employment in the same manner as a social security benefit. These restrictions on earnings are found at subpart E of part 404 of this chapter. Earnings can never reduce an employee's benefit below the railroad formula rate less the amount that those benefits would be reduced by earnings.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 229—SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE","Subpart H—Miscellaneous Deductions and Reductions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"56680529b16da691cd2854b77d73953c19648086ccef354ec722ecacfe187924","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-229.68","next":"us/20-cfr-229.81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}