572 Coverage

572.1 Employees Covered

572.11 Social Security

Employees covered for Social Security include:

1. Casual employees.
2. Temporary employees.
3. Substitute rural carriers.
4. Auxiliary rural carriers.
5. Rural carrier reliefs.
6. Rural carrier associates.
7. All employees newly hired on or after January 1, 1984, including employees with previous federal service (other than rehired annuitants) with a break in service 365 days or longer, and any other employees not covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), or any other federal retirement system and not excluded by 572.2.

572.12 Medicare

Employees covered for Medicare include:

1. All employees covered by 572.11.
2. Individuals whose employment began under CSRS or any other federal retirement system prior to January 1, 1984.

572.2 Exclusions From Social Security and Medicare

Employees excluded from Social Security and Medicare include:

1. Contractors such as mail messengers, star route contractors, clerks in charge of contract stations, and job cleaners.
2. Special delivery messengers paid on a fee basis.
3. Persons hired because of an emergency such as fire, flood, or earthquake.

572.3 FERS Employees

All Social Security and Medicare contributions, eligibilities, benefits, rights, and privileges are determined the same for FERS participants as for any other covered participant stated in 572.1.