§909 Supplementary Unemployment Insurance

Summary

Pays extra unemployment money to certain former Milwaukee Railroad workers who lost their jobs because of service cuts or a restructuring. That includes workers separated from the restructured Milwaukee Railroad before April 1, 1984, and workers who were separated in a restructuring, took a job with another rail carrier before April 1, 1981, and then lost that other job before April 1, 1984. A qualified worker can get payments for months they are unemployed for up to 36 months total, but not more months than they worked for the Milwaukee Railroad. No payments are made after April 1, 1984 unless needed to give the worker at least 8 months of payments. After that date, the 8-month minimum applies only if the worker is not employed continuously after April 1, 1984. The monthly payment equals 80% of the worker’s average monthly pay from June 1, 1977, to November 4, 1979, minus any Railroad Unemployment Insurance or state unemployment benefits and minus any earnings that month. Workers must apply to the Board as it requires. These payments count only for the Railroad Retirement Act and for base-year calculations under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. No payments if the worker quit, retired, was fired for cause, failed to use seniority or other bargaining rights, or was unemployed only because of normal seasonal railroad layoffs. A furlough counts as a separation.