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Question 100: What action should be taken when it is discovered that participants are in a plan due to supplying false information supplied by illegal aliens to the employer (fake social security numbers)? These individuals participated in the plan and received contributions. What should be done with the money contributed for these "participants?" For plan purposes, should the illegal aliens who worked be considered employees and participants, even though they were not legally employed? Should this be treated as an operational error and corrected under SCP? |
Answer: We start with the notion that the common law definition of employee is the basis for determining if someone is an employee for plan purposes. That common law definition, with all its various factors, does not consider whether someone is in America legally or not. In other words, if someone born and raised in this country would be considered an employee, then an illegal alien performing the same duties under the same conditions will also be considered an employee. |
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