# 20 CFR § 202.4: Control

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.4

## Section

- **Citation:** 20 CFR § 202.4
- **Heading:** Control
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 20—Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD > SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT > PART 202—EMPLOYERS UNDER THE ACT

## Text

A company or person is controlled by one or more carriers, whenever there exists in one or more such carriers the right or power by any means, method or circumstance, irrespective of stock ownership to direct, either directly or indirectly, the policies and business of such a company or person and in any case in which a carrier is in fact exercising direction of the policies and business of such a company or person.

## Nearby sections

- [20 CFR § 201.1 § 201.1 Words and phrases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-201.1.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.1 § 202.1 Statutory provisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.1.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.2 § 202.2 Company or person principally engaged in carrier business.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.2.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.3 § 202.3 Company or person principally engaged in non-carrier business.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.3.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.4 § 202.4 Control.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.4.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.5 § 202.5 Company or person under common control.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.5.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.11 § 202.11 Termination of employer status.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.11.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.13 § 202.13 Electric railways.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.13.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.14 § 202.14 Service incidental to railroad transportation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.14.md)
- [20 CFR § 202.15 § 202.15 Railway labor organizations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.15.md)
- [20 CFR § 203.1 § 203.1 Statutory provisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-203.1.md)
- [20 CFR § 203.2 § 203.2 General definition of employee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-203.2.md)
- [20 CFR § 203.3 § 203.3 When an individual is performing service for an employer.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-203.3.md)
- [20 CFR § 203.4 § 203.4 When service is compensated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-203.4.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-202.4. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.