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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home 801. Who is an employer?

For Social Security purposes, you are an employer if you have the final authority or right to control workers in performing their services, including hiring, firing, and supervising. In cases of doubt, the common-law test must be applied (See §§802-823).

Last Revised: March, 2001

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