Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.216.24 Relinquishment of rights to return to work

(1) The employer reports to the Board that the individual no longer has the right;

(2) The individual or an authorized agent of that individual gives the employer an oral or written notice of the individual's wish to give up that right and:

(3) An event occurs which under the established rules or practices of the employer automatically ends that right;

(4) The employer or the individual or both take an action which clearly and positively ends that right;

(5) The individual never had that right and permanently stops working;

(6) The Board gives up that right for the individual, having been authorized to do so by the individual;

(7) The individual dies;  or

(8) The individual signs a statement that he or she gives up all rights to return to work in order to receive a separation allowance or severance pay.