Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
JOBS FOR OLDER
MEN ARE RESULTS
FROM DEFENSE

from the national defense program,
means jobs for many older men who
have been without work for long
time. Some of these older workers,
who retired from their regular jobs
after reaching age 65 and claimed
payment of monthly old-age insurance
benefits, are going back to work for
business concerns or industrial plants.
Most of these men understand that
no one has a right to monthly pay
ments of old-age or survivors insur-
ance benefits while, at the same time,
he is earning good wages in a job
that comes under the act. They know
also that they should advise the Social
Security Board when they have found
work so that payments of benefits
may be discontinued while they are so
employed. However, small number
of such workers have failed to notify
the Social Security Board that they
have found jobs, although they have
returned to work in factories, shops,
stores, constructive work or other
covered employment. This statement
was made by G. r. Parker, Regional
Director of the Social Security Board,
who said also that each claimant has
had an opportunity to learn that he
must report such unemployment. This
information is given to him in connec'
ton with his ~ application for bene-
fits, (2) in the award letter, (3) in
succeeding letters, and (4) in verbal
explanations by the Social Security
Board field office.
When government authorities learn
that a worker has received or is re-
ceiving wages of $15 month or more
and has also cashed his old-age and
survivors insurance check, it becomes
necessary to assess penalty. The
minimum penalty consists of loss to
the recipient of the amount of the
benefits which he received for the
month or months in which he earned
good wages. The penalty may be
double that amount if the claimant,
knowingly, failed to report.
Mr.. Parker explained that, in this
case, wages" means earnings of $15
or more in a job that is covered by
the Social Security Act. If total
earnings of wages is less than $l5
per month no report is necessary and
there is no loss of monthly benefits.
A beneficiary might earn as much as
$14.99 per month, on any sort of job
and still receive his monthly pay
ments of old-age and survivors insur-
ance. But, if his wages in covered
employment amount to SIS or more,
in any one month, his old-age insur-
ance payment for that particular
month will not be allowed. The re-
tired worker, taking job, is requir-
ed to notify the Social Security Board,
only when the job is one of those COW
cred by the law and the wages earned
equal or exceed SIS in any month. He
may work in other types of employ
ment-such as farming, domestic SER
vice, public school teaching, govern
ment service-or he may have bust
ness of his own, and continue to re-
ceive his monthly payments.
The Regional Director called atten-
ton to the fact that the same regula-
ton applies to the widows or to sons
and daughters surviving deceased
workers who were insured under the
system. For example, an insured
workers widow who is receiving
monthly payments of survivors insur-
ance might take a job in shop, store,
hotel or in other covered employment.
If she earned as much as $15 per
month or more she should notify the
Social Security Board at the end OF
the first month she works in this job
Her own benefit payments will be dis
continued during the time that she is
so employed. Under ordinary circum
stances the monthly payments will be
gin again as soon as the beneficiary
leaves regular employment. 1t was
pointed out that child's benefits will
continue even though the widows
payments are stopped while she is
earning wages in covered employ
ment. Likewise, son or a daughter
might find a job and, thereby, lose
his or her benefits during the periot
of employment and still the widows
monthly benefits would continue, j.
she were unemployed.
Any field office of the Social Sc
curly Board will furnish POSTCARD
form which the beneficiary may us
to notify the Board that he or sh
has gone back to work. There is a
valuable, also, another card which tn