Chapter 2:
Employee's Protest of Service and Compensation Record
Protest form |
An employee who believes the amount of service
and/or compensation reported for his or her
record is incorrect should file a Form
G-70, Protest of Record of Service Months
and Compensation, with the Railroad Retirement
Board. Forms G-70 are available from any local
field office of the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB), or employers may requisition them
from the Bureau of Supply and Service, to provide
to their employees. Requisitions are made using
Form G-615.
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Employee protests
to employer |
If
an employee contacts the employer about the
service and compensation reported on Form BA-6, the employer
may handle the protest directly or may advise
the employee to file a Form G-70 with the RRB.
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Form GL-129 |
Upon
receipt of Form G-70, or any other written protest
of record, from an employee, the RRB will release
Forms GL-129 and GL-129a to the
employer. The employer must either correct the
record with a Form BA-4
or verify that the account is correct as reported.
If the account is correct as reported, a brief
explanation refuting the employee's claim is needed
in order for the RRB to reply to the employee.
The following are common reasons that explain
differences in service and compensation reported
by the employer and that claimed by the employee:
- The employee claims service
month credit for the months the employee worked
but the employer incorrectly credited service
only for the months in which compensation
was paid. Compensation was correctly reported.
The employer should file Form BA-4 to report
service for the months the employee worked.
- The employee claims compensation
credit for the year in which compensation
was earned, but the employer reports compensation
generally when paid. This protest should be
considered a request by the employee to have
his compensation adjusted to an earned basis,
and a Form BA-4 should be filed. See Part
IV Chapter 1 for an explanation of reporting
on an earned basis. See Part
VII Chapter 1 for instructions on completing
Form BA-4.
- The employee earned more
than the maximum creditable compensation.
An
explanation is important because an employee
has reconsideration rights in protesting his
or her record if he or she still believes the
record is still incorrect, after our reply.
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