---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Employees' Benefits"
key: "chII/subchB/part259"
level: "part"
label: "Part 259"
heading: "Initial Determinations and Appeals from Initial Determinations with Respect to Employer Status and Employee Status"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part259"
sections_count: 6
---

# Part 259 — Initial Determinations and Appeals from Initial Determinations with Respect to Employer Status and Employee Status

Title 20 C.F.R. — Employees' Benefits › Chapter II — Railroad Retirement Board › Subchapter B — Regulations under the Railroad Retirement Act

## Sections

- [§259.1. Initial determinations with respect to employer and employee status.](/cfr/20/259.1.md)
- [§259.2. Parties to determinations with respect to employer and employee status.](/cfr/20/259.2.md)
- [§259.3. Reconsideration of initial determinations with respect to employer or employee status.](/cfr/20/259.3.md)
- [§259.4. Authority to conduct investigations.](/cfr/20/259.4.md)
- [§259.5. Appeals from decisions of the Board.](/cfr/20/259.5.md)
- [§259.6. Finality of determinations issued under this part.](/cfr/20/259.6.md)