RU2 Employing Carrier Response

To communicate information (from the employing carrier to the United States Railroad Retirement Board) pertinent to the processing of retirement claims

Position: RU2-01 · Element: 535 · Name: Rail Retirement Activity Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the activity being conveyed

RU201 may only contain the following codes: "B", "D", or "T". When RU201 is code "B", then RU205 contains the guarantee amount, RU207 contains the guarantee begin date, and RU208 contains the guarantee end date.

Position: RU2-02 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

RU202 must be a nine-position social security number.

Position: RU2-03 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

P0304: If either RU2-03 or RU2-04 is present, then the other is required

RU203 contains the effective date of the status code indicated in RU204.

Position: RU2-04 · Element: 584 · Name: Employment Status Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the general employment status of an employee/claimant

Position: RU2-05 · Element: 610 · Name: Amount · Type: N2 · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Monetary amount

C05060708: If RU2-05 is present, then RU2-06, RU2-07 and RU2-08 are required

Position: RU2-06 · Element: 594 · Name: Frequency Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating frequency or type of activities or actions being reported

Position: RU2-07 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

Position: RU2-08 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year