§909 Supplementary unemployment insurance

Summary

Gives extra unemployment pay to certain Milwaukee Railroad workers who lose their jobs because of the railroad’s restructuring. To qualify, a worker must have been with the restructured Milwaukee Railroad and lost their job because service was cut before April 1, 1984, or must have been separated in a restructuring, taken a job with another rail carrier before April 1, 1981, and then been separated from that other carrier before April 1, 1984. A furlough counts as being separated. The pay is monthly while the worker is not employed by the Milwaukee Railroad or another rail carrier. The amount is 80% of the worker’s average monthly normal pay from June 1, 1977, to November 4, 1979, minus any Railroad Unemployment Insurance or state unemployment benefits and minus any earnings that month. A worker can get up to 36 months total, but not more months than they worked for the Milwaukee Railroad. No payments after April 1, 1984, unless needed to give the worker at least 8 months of benefits; after that date the 8-month minimum applies only if the worker is not employed continuously after that date. Workers who quit, retire, or are fired for cause are not eligible. A worker also loses eligibility if they did not use all seniority or other rights under collective bargaining or if the unemployment is due to normal railroad seasonal patterns. Applications must be filed with the Board in the time and way the Board requires. Payments count only as compensation for the Railroad Retirement Act and for base-year pay under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.