Understanding Your Employment Income
Learning Objectives
After studying this section, students should be able to:
- Understand the responsibilities of a sponsor employer to a trade apprentice
- List primary criteria in determining whether a trades worker is an independent contractor or an employee
- Recognize the administration and paperwork needed for a new sponsored employer
- Know basic employment rights
- Be able to review all parts of a regular paystub and recalculate for any discrepancies
- Recognize certain items common on union paystubs, and indicate which items have tax implications
- List examples of common taxable benefits to a trades worker
- Track and reconcile timesheet records to paycheck hours
- Track and reconcile timesheet records to recorded work-based apprenticeship hours
- Have a repertoire of steps to take when there is a shortage of work
