job paid under the table

mom60
Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:36:13 +0000

All 3 of my kids have not run into this problem with their part time or full time jobs. My oldest was concerned with her first job when the first two weeks she was paid cash out of the register. She knew the other high school employees were paid by check legally. While she thought about saying something to the owner he corrected the problem on his own. He had an ill wife and did not have the time to set her up on the payroll and did not want her to have to wait to be paid.
She recently had the dilemma of working for some people who she felt were not honest in their business. She was expected to lie to customers. She felt sick to her stomach about what she was doing. She was looking for work but needed the job. My husband and I had words over the issue. My D felt she could not continue this job and wanted to quit. She also wanted to report them to someone. My H felt she should stick it out and not quit till she found another job. (She was living in an area with high unemployment). The final straw came when the spouse of the owner refused to take some sick animals to the vet. My D left in tears. Unfortunately she was not able to find another job for 4 months. My H still felt she should stick it out. I supported her quitting. She had no source of income for those 4 months and we ended up supporting her. If she had not had a source of support she would have had a harder time taking an stand.