Screw the minimum wage laws!!!!

[Fieldmouse]

My son has always been a motivator worker. Him along with my neighbors boy have for years put forth max effort with out complaint when it comes to work. However, just recently he has ask his mother how much will she pay if he worked some hours for the business. My wife told him he could earn $5.00/hr. He replied back no, I get minimum wage. That little turd. I told him child labor laws won't allow us to hire him until he's 16.[8D]

Sounds like it time to sit him down, and explain the benefits of working under the table. Minimum wage with a cut for the taxman is no better than 5 on the down low. Good luck

[Fieldmouse]

ORIGINAL: MagnumMan308

Sounds like it time to sit him down, and explain the benefits of working under the table. Minimum wage with a cut for the taxman is no better than 5 on the down low. Good luck

That would require me to cheat on my income taxes and/or at least encouraging it.

Gotcha


ETA, why dont we also have a nudging emoticon?

[AmateurHunter44857]

ORIGINAL: Fieldmouse

That would require me to cheat on my income taxes and/or at least encouraging it.

What do you do for your business? It's not against the child labor laws to employ someone under the age of 16. I've worked with several kids who were 15. While they have much stricter laws regarding hours worked and breaks and such, it's not illegal.

[AmateurHunter44857]

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets wage, hours worked, and safety requirements for minors (individuals under age 18) working in jobs covered by the statute. The rules vary depending upon the particular age of the minor and the particular job involved. As a general rule, the FLSA sets 14 years of age as the minimum age for employment, and limits the number of hours worked by minors under the age of 16.
Also, the FLSA generally prohibits the employment of a minor in work declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor (for example, work involving excavation, driving, and the operation of many types of power-driven equipment). The FLSA contains a number of requirements that apply only to particular types of jobs (for example, agricultural work or the operation of motor vehicles) and many exceptions to the general rules (for example, work by a minor for his or her parents).


The Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum age requirements do not apply to minors employed by their parents, or by a person acting as their guardian. An exception to this occurs in mining, manufacturing and occupations where the minimum age requirement of 18 years old applies.

State laws often follow the same pattern as the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to minors working for their parents. Consult your state department of labor for specific guidance.

[Fieldmouse]

ORIGINAL: AmateurHunter44857

What do you do for your business? It's not against the child labor laws to employ someone under the age of 16. I've worked with several kids who were 15. While they have much stricter laws regarding hours worked and breaks and such, it's not illegal.

He's only 11. He's not going to get the job. His sister has it in order to pay off here $800/yr cell phone bill.[:@] It was vthe only way she was going to get one.

As far as he goes, he has been the driving force behind my new invention. He asked me last year at age 10, how does someone open up a biz. I took an idea I thought about a few months back just to use it as an example and he ran with it. When I say he ran with it, he was coming up with some designs to solve the defined problem. He's always done his own science projects and his own projects on the side. Heck, he's been changing the brakes and rotating tires on our cars since he was 6. So far $15k later, I'm very close to opening up a new company and I'm in the prototyping stage. He will be very involved with that biz for obvious reasons.

[bryant1]

Fieldmouse, there was a article or twoon MSN money or Yahoo Finance(can't remeber which)about children who opened their own companies. You might be interested in reading these, or your son might.The article explainedbriefly how some of thekidsopened their businesses and such.

[heavy hitter]

changing the tires and doing your brakes when he was six? you're full of $hit. show me a six year old kid that can loosen a tight lug nut much less lift a wheel and tire off of a car. i've read a lot of the crap you spout on here but this takes the cake.

BS heavy hitter.

I've got it on good authority that FM's kids were rebuilding automatic transmission to pay their way through kindergarten.

And who am I to critique him, my 1.5year old nephew is outside tarring the blacktop as we speak.