{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.1009","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.1009","heading":"Who is an employer.","body":"A person is an employer if he or she employs at least one employee. Sometimes it is not clear who a worker's employer is, since the employer does not always pay the worker's wages. When there is a question about who the employer is, we use the common-law rules to identify the employer (see § 404.1007).","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart K—Employment, Wages, Self-Employment, and Self-Employment Income"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"820d25407336106c6c9bf61c61f2077f239aebd860c38db1e7becf465e96bd93","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.1008","next":"us/20-cfr-404.1010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}