Section 202. Covered employer

1. An employer who has in employment, after
  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-one, one  or  more  employees  on
  each  of  at  least thirty days in any calendar year, shall be a covered
  employer subject to the  provisions  of  this  article  from  and  after
  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-two, or the expiration of four
  weeks following the thirtieth day of such employment, whichever  is  the
  later.
    2.  The  provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
  to an employer of personal or domestic  employees  in  a  private  home,
  except  an  employer  shall become a covered employer from and after the
  expiration of four  weeks  following  the  employment  of  one  or  more
  personal or domestic employees who work for a minimum of forty hours per
  week  for such employer and are employed on each of at least thirty days
  in any calendar year.
    3. A covered employer, except  as  otherwise  provided  herein,  shall
  continue  to be a covered employer until the end of any calendar year in
  which he shall not have employed in employment one or more employees  on
  each  of  thirty  days,  and  shall  have  duly  filed with the chairman
  satisfactory evidence  thereof.  A  covered  employer  of  employees  in
  personal  or  domestic  service in a private home shall continue to be a
  covered employer until the end of any calendar year in  which  he  shall
  not  have  employed  in  such service one or more employees for at least
  forty hours per week and on each of at least thirty days, and shall have
  duly filed with the chairman satisfactory evidence thereof.
    4. An employer who by operation of law becomes successor to a  covered
  employer, or who acquires by purchase or otherwise the trade or business
  of a covered employer, shall immediately become a covered employer.
    5. Whenever an employee of a covered employer, with the consent of the
  employer,  engages  or  permits another to do any work in employment for
  which the employee is employed, the employer shall  be  deemed  for  the
  purpose  of  this  article to be the employer also of such other person,
  regardless of whether the employee or the employer pays for his service.