Sources include:

1. a. 

   supervisors;

2. b. 

   foremen;

3. c. 

   fellow employees;

4. d. 

   banks or others who cashed paychecks on a regular basis;

5. e. 

   employment agencies;

6. f. 

   union officials and representatives; and

7. g. 

   others who establish a sufficient basis for their knowledge.

This depends on credibility and lack of a motive for making a wrong statement. Statements only establishing employment are of greater probative value if they corroborate other statements establishing amount(s) of wages (tips).

Obtain a signed (and dated) statement showing:

1. a. 

   the person's relationship to the employee;

2. b. 

   the evidence/basis for the declarant's knowledge for the facts /estimates declared;

3. c. 

   name of employer, place of employment, and kind of work performed;

4. d. 

   rate of pay per each period of work;

5. e. 

   if rate is not known, an estimate of earnings for each period worked which may include a “not less than” estimate;

6. f. 

   the declarant's understanding that the information furnished is to be used by SSA to establish wages for the employee.

Complete a RC:

1. a. 

   to explain any doubt as to the credibility of the declarant's statement, only if there is such doubt; and

2. b. 

   if an employer refuses to complete a signed statement but is otherwise willing to furnish oral information.

Follow instructions in RS 01403.077 to develop evidence of wages for migrant farm workers.