That would be illegal in my country. Dividend is considered an unearned income and is taxed differently as well. They could perhaps give the worker a minimum w

That would be illegal in my country. Dividend is considered an unearned income and is taxed differently as well. They could perhaps give the worker a minimum wage and the rest pay in dividends, but mind that dividends need to be distributed among all the shareholders equally, so you can't say you would pay $100,000 unless you allocate shares so that when dividend pay out is decided, worker's shares will yield that exact amount.