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Show CesEdl Labor Explained By Social Security Official Because many people do not understand the meaning of the words "casual labor" as used in the old-age and survivors insurance insur-ance provisions of the Social Security Act, Manager Harry E. Johnson of the Social Security Board's Field Office today issued is-sued the following statement: "The Social Security Act provides pro-vides that 'casual labor not in the course of the employer's trade or business' Shall not count toward old-age insurance benefits. However, any worik which advances or promotes the business of the employer is not 'counted as 'casual labor,' no matter how small the job is or i.iow little time it takes. "For example, work performed perform-ed 'by a carpenter who is employed em-ployed by a store owner to build an addddtion to the store, to put in shelves or to do some other job in connection with the store .s not 'casual labor' because this work does advance or promote the storeowner's business. Work for a corporation is never 'casual 'cas-ual labor' even though it is occasional, oc-casional, incidental, or irregular, because a corporation has no authority to employ anybody for 'work which does not advance ad-vance or promote its business. .Tn other words no work for a corporation can be 'casual la-boi.' la-boi.' "Whenever the work perform ed does mot advance or promote the employer's business, the Social So-cial Security Board takes into consideration the size of the job. For example, the Board assumes that work for a private person in the building of a garage or an addition to his house is not 'casual labor,' if the person a ho did the work was employed employ-ed for more than 10 days in any one monitlh or during two con-se; con-se; utiive months, or the job required re-quired more than 200 hours of work by all persons engaged. "In short, whether a particular particu-lar job or piece of work is 'casual 'cas-ual labor' depends on tihe facts n each case. Therefore, whenever when-ever a worker or an employer h in doubt, the best thing to do is to inquire at the Richfield office of-fice of the Social Security Board in the Peterson Bank Building, or at tl.ie nearest office of the Bureau a' Internal Revenu." |