Anybody else get this request

[Rich]

Originally Posted by dsturdy5

I worked a game in the district where I worked in an emergency situation. Payroll put my game fee in my paycheck, taxes taken out. I asked the payroll person about this, she was less than helpful. Aside from the obvious, potential conflict of interest, this made me never do a game in this district again.

However, the post above is correct. A district handles a pretty wide ranging payroll and direct deposit is pretty common (and easy for them). Most districts around here prefer it for all employees. I have not heard of it for officials though.



*I do not work in the high school and at this time, none of my students had reached high school so I felt I could do this game without compromising anything.

My football crew works 3 subvarsity football dates at a district here. One of the guys teaches at the high school (we wouldn't work a varsity date and it's no issue working lower level games -- done all the time here). The interesting thing is that he has taxes withheld from his check.

I've told him that he should get hurt one day and file a workman's comp claim.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I've told him that he should get hurt one day and file a workman's comp claim.

It's workers' comp. These days, if you're not politically correct, you can wind up singing soprano.

[Nevadaref]

If one is really concerned about the personal information issue, why not simply provide the schools with an incorrect number or one in which a few digits are transposed?

For DOB I would just give them my father's and change the year.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If one is really concerned about the personal information issue, why not simply provide the schools with an incorrect number or one in which a few digits are transposed?

For DOB I would just give them my father's and change the year.

Right - give them a phony Social Security number and if you earn over $600 from the same organization they will be issuing you an incorrect 1099. Yeah, that's smart. Oh yeah, don't forget to let the IRS know this.

As to DOB, why not use April Fools Day?

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If one is really concerned about the personal information issue, why not simply provide the schools with an incorrect number or one in which a few digits are transposed?

Seems like that might be a good way to earn a REVERSE TECHNICAL.

Seriously, not sure that's a good idea for officials. Isn't part of our gig building a reputation for being honest and credible?

[amusedofficial]

I have never had a problem giving hte SS number to a school. I am also self-employed and have a Federal Tax ID number that I could use.

However, if any school district takes any kind of taxes out of my pay, then I become an employee, and there's a long list of labor laws and rights that would then become effective as regards my employment. I think that's why none of them try any foolishness such as requiring direct deposit (the failure to participate in which is not a defense to a civil action alleging breach of contract for non payment) or taking deductions for FICA and the rest (which make me an employee and subject to a raft of statutory and common law labor law)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

I have never had a problem giving hte SS number to a school. I am also self-employed and have a Federal Tax ID number that I could use.

However, if any school district takes any kind of taxes out of my pay, then I become an employee, and there's a long list of labor laws and rights that would then become effective as regards my employment. I think that's why none of them try any foolishness such as requiring direct deposit (the failure to participate in which is not a defense to a civil action alleging breach of contract for non payment) or taking deductions for FICA and the rest (which make me an employee and subject to a raft of statutory and common law labor law)

It would be if your contract stated that they had the choice to pay you that way.

[Back In The Saddle]

This would be preferable to the norm around here: filling out a voucher or some kind of form with all your info (name, address, phone, SSN, etc.) that sits at the scorers table or at the ticket seller's table for most of the night until the AD picks it up. I always turn it over and ask whomever is collecting the info to keep it out of sight. Sometimes that even helps.

Some of our schools are going to RefPay. Not bad, except that RefPay wants to charge you a fee for more than one transfer out of your account per month. Talk about a scam.