{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-320.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 320.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part—\nBase-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.\nParty means the claimant, the base-year employer(s), or any person so designated under this part.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT","PART 320—INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT AND REVIEWS OF AND APPEALS FROM SUCH DETERMINATIONS"],"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":"844bf65b2400bad4eecf5c778d3ddc45dc9d8679a1022b2f64388fe84b0eeb36","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":false,"prev":"us/20-cfr-320.1","next":"us/20-cfr-320.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}