Sentence examples for working under the table from inspiring English sources

Within two years, Norman had begun taking hormones, thanks to a doctor working under the table for the transgender community, and was not just "passing" as female, but turning heads for her beauty.

Undocumented kids have the highest high school dropout rate in the country except for Native Americans "because if you're going to be consigned to a life of working under the table, why not start at 16 rather than 18?" says Karen Willemsen, Ed.M.'94, education director for Define American, a media and cultural campaign to share stories of the immigrant experience.

In return for this concession, the president receives nothing — no reduction in overall immigration totals, no tightened restriction on foreign workers who take jobs from Americans, no E-Verify to prevent illegal immigrants from working under the table, no end to chain migration.

"It has been quietly working under the table at spreading the scare amongst the business and the banking communities, including in the UK". Rob Miller, of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, said the banks were doing the US government's work for them.

In contrast to the typical image of an illegal immigrant — paid in cash, working under the table for small-scale labor contractors on a California farm or a suburban construction site — a majority now work for mainstream companies, not fly-by-night operators, and are hired and paid like any other American worker.

The same drivers claimed that they were making more with Uber and Cabify than they were working under the table in mostly service-sector jobs.

I worked under the table at what was then referred to as a "service station".

While that bustle has cooled, many desperate Spaniards still work under the table — in some cases supplementing unemployment relief with money from ad hoc jobs.

While that bustle has cooled, many desperate Spaniards still work under the table -- in some cases supplementing unemployment relief with money from ad hoc jobs.

When they arrive, the rights groups say, the immigrants often find that the agricultural outfits refuse to honor their end of the bargain, instead compelling the migrants to work under the table at wages far below the legal minimum wage.

Romain is currently unemployed but sometimes works "under the table".