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Separation
Allowance (severance pay, buy-out) — If you have
been paid a separation allowance by your employer, you cannot
receive unemployment or sickness benefits for roughly the
period of time it would have taken you to earn the amount
of the allowance.
Voluntary
Quit Without Good Cause — If you leave either
your railroad job or non-railroad work voluntarily and the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) determines you left without
good cause, you will be disqualified for railroad unemployment
benefits until you return to railroad work and earn wages
sufficient to qualify for benefits again.
Voluntary
Quit With Good Cause — If you leave either railroad
or non-railroad work voluntarily and the (RRB) determines
you had good cause for doing so, you will be disqualified
from receiving railroad unemployment benefits for any day
that you are qualified to receive State unemployment benefits.
If you are not qualified for State unemployment benefits,
you may receive railroad unemployment benefits.
Refuse
Suitable Work/Fail to Apply for Work — If you
refuse to accept suitable work, or fail to follow instructions
to apply for work, or to report to a State employment office,
or to a RRB office for an interview, you may be disqualified
for unemployment benefits for 30 days.
Illegal
Strike — You will be disqualified for unemployment
benefits for any day on which you take part in a strike
which began in violation of the Railway Labor Act or in
violation of the established rules and practices of your
labor organization.
False
or Fraudulent Claim — You will be disqualified
for both unemployment and sickness benefits for 75 days
if you make a false or fraudulent statement or claim in
order to receive benefits. You may also be subject
to fine or imprisonment. The RRB conducts checks,
including computer matching checks with State and Federal
agencies, as well as railroads, in order to detect fraudulent
benefit claims.
Benefits
Under Other Laws — You will also be disqualified
from receiving railroad unemployment insurance benefits
for any day for which you
- receive unemployment benefits under any
other law;
or
- receive sickness benefits under the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act or any similar law.
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