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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home 1326. Does idle time pay count as wages?

Idle time pay counts as wages if:

  1. You are a non-striking employee; and

  2. Your employer pays you for the time you are idle because of a strike.

Last Revised: March, 2001

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