{"id":5729,"date":"2013-06-11T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2013-10-29T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T14:38:25","slug":"under-the-table-over-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2013\/06\/under-the-table-over-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the table, over minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5759\" title=\"Money\" src=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Money-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some DHS students, the summer is a time to relax and spend time.\u00a0 However for others, the summer is a time to make money.\u00a0 With the break in school, students suddenly have an abundance of time.\u00a0 An abundance of time leaves the option for students to work if they want and there are certainly a variety of jobs that students at DHS have. For instance, some people work in the service industry, more specifically in fast food.\u00a0 Others work in landscaping and other physically taxing work during the hot summer days.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes down to it, there are really two types of jobs a high school student can partake in: a legitimate hourly wage job or an under the table job. An under the table job is something like babysitting for a family friend, or mowing your neighbor\u2019s lawn.\u00a0 On the other side, a legitimate hourly wage job is $7.40 an hour work at a place like McDonald\u2019s. Although it may surprise some people, the far superior job to have is the under the table job.<\/p>\n<p>One student who believes that an hourly wage job is not as good as an under the table job is junior Trevor Hulbert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the table jobs can make you a lot more money, so personally I prefer them,\u201d Hulbert said. \u201cI think that because a job that isn\u2019t taxed is a big deal, so that\u2019s why I prefer to work jobs that are under the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The absence of taxation on jobs that are under the table can make a big difference for students and allow them to make a larger amount of money in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Lauren Kok will spend many hours this summer babysitting and she is very happy to have an under the table job rather than a typical minimum wage job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBabysitting is great because I can make a lot of money, and I just have a lot more freedom,\u201d Kok said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to have \u00a0a boring job where your paycheck gets taxed and you don\u2019t make much money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another reason why under the table jobs are better is the ability to have a more relaxed schedule.\u00a0 Students who work under the table jobs have more freedom to choose where and when they would like to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBabysitting lets me work when I want, and the hours are really relaxed,\u201d Kok said. \u201cAlso, it lets me have a good time.\u00a0 I like taking care of kids so it\u2019s really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince most under the table jobs I do are done for people I know, I don\u2019t have the same strictness as a minimum wage job,\u201d Hulbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, having a minimum wage job isn\u2019t the greatest thing at the end of the day. Under the table jobs provide more money and a more relaxed work schedule, which allows for students to be happier in the summer. Although under the table jobs aren\u2019t always easy to find, they are just a better deal for the worker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For some DHS students, the summer is a time to relax and spend time.\u00a0 However for others, the summer is a time to make money.\u00a0 With the break in school, students suddenly have an abundance of time.\u00a0 An abundance of time leaves the option for students to work if they want and there are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":5761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[216,569],"class_list":["post-5729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-sean-zanyk-mclean","tag-summer-jobs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Under the table, over minimum wage - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2013\/06\/under-the-table-over-minimum-wage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Under the table, over minimum wage - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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