Creditable Railroad Service

• Compensation from any covered railroad employer, including unions
• Credit for any month employee worked, even if employee worked only one day
• Minimum railroad service requirement for benefits is 60 months performed after 1995
• Otherwise, need 120 months of creditable railroad service 

Notes:

• Compensation can include earnings, vacation pay, pay for time lost, etc.
• Can receive credit in personal injury settlements, or other pay for time lost situations, if allocated to specific months.
• Regarding pay for time lost, including personal injury settlements, a service month can only be credited if compensation allocated for that month is at least 10 times the daily rate of pay. Pay for time lost applies only to months lost due to that injury.
• Additional service months can sometimes be deemed when employee doesn’t actually work in every month of the year.
• No credit is given for local lodge service totaling less than $25 per month.