UK. From what I found out its illegal to take cash in hand jobs unless the employer deducts tax from it themselves.

If you're in the US it's completely legal. It's your job to pay your taxes. You're a contractor at this point

Where do you live?

It doesn't have to be boiling. If your tap is hot enough that should be sufficient. You just have to wait a few minutes and make sure it's covered.

I did the same except it was instant mashed potatoes and I was pouring the water into a measuring cup in my hand. As soon as the boiling water hit my hand, it jerked violently, throwing the cup of water at my face. I spent the next hour or two in the shower with cold water flowing over my face. It’s the only way to make the pain stop. In the end it was like I had a patchy chemical peel on half of my face. I looked like a zombie for a few days, but once the peeling stopped, the skin underneath was nice and fresh.

I've already walked away after they gave me lip. I told them my concerns and they didn't care. So it's okay for me to fet thrown under the bus if anything goes wrong.

If you’re American, it isn’t tax fraud as long as you report your income honestly. If you really have to work there and don’t have an alternative, then keep careful records of what you are paid, and just report that on your tax forms - the fraud comes when people are paid cash or run a cash business and then don’t report most of it and instead report an income that’s much lower than they really made.

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Yeah I used to do that for years too but It doesn't have to melt to be dangerous, it can still leech chemicals like styrene into your noodles. Safer just to get an electric kettle and pour it in.

Just take the cash and relax. There’s absolutely nothing abnormal about this.

It was pretty quick. Because I'm not "working a lot of hours" I "don't need to be on a payroll". Someone at my main job is working 8 hours (4 hours less then this side job) and they are on a payroll. It can't be legal what this place is doing.

Did it take a while or was it pretty quick?

https://preview.redd.it/9sg8sz5bcy6a1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa031df17f0de0cd26690859f1b9de4146f9d49e

It's my 1st one and there's an update.

I hope you made good money for your cash hand jobs

It is unless you do it for an unreasonable time.

When I was a kid a foam plate would melt in seconds, now that they changed the recipe Ive had some last like 5 mins with slight deformation

But fire and ice are opposites!

I’ve never had issues microwaving the foam containers. As long as there’s water inside they’re not going to melt. I’ve made HUNDREDS of cup noodles in the microwave.

You gotta let them steep! Pour the water in and put the cover back on, let sit for five minutes or so...

The foam isn't microwave safe...

That sounds like a plan. If I can get them to increase it yo 57 per shift and I claim tax on it myself I might be okay. If not then I'm out.

Accepting a cash job isn't fraud. Not paying Taxes on it is fraud.

However, working for less than minimum wage is illegal almost everywhere. I suggest you quit the job immediately unless they give you an immediate pay increase to match the laws in your area, and track your earnings so you can claim it as income at the end of the year.

I've never done a cash in handed job before so this sort of thing is new to me

Hm, reading the title, I definitely thought the story would be different.

I will be asking for legal advice about paying my own taxes through HMRC. I really want to make sure I'm not in the red