### Question
How is the "employee" defined?


### Answer
The term **employee** is defined in *45 U.S.C. § 231* as follows -

> (i) any individual in the service of one or more employers for compensation, (ii) any individual who is in the employment relation to one or more employers, and (iii) an employee representative: *Provided, however*, That the term "employee" shall include an employee of a local lodge or division defined as an employer in subsection (a) of this section only if he was in the service of or in the employment relation to an employer as defined in paragraph (i) of subsection (a)(1) of this section on or after August 29, 1935

#### Citation:
  - *45 U.S.C. § 231*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 9-RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES > SUBCHAPTER IV-RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974**

