---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 320.2"
title: "20"
number: "320.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/320.2"
---

# §320.2. Definitions.


As used in this part—

Base-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.

Party means the claimant, the base-year employer(s), or any person so designated under this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 355 and 362(1).

### Source

Source: Board Order 58-142, 23 FR 9090, Nov. 22, 1958, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991]