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Not necesarily, you can be paid in cash by your employer and this is compltely legal.

• Swizec 12y ago
  Where I am from (Slovenia) it is completely illegal. In fact it is illegal for businesses to have cash expenses higher than a hundred euro or so. Very low by European standards, but all countries in EU have some sort of cash payment limit. This is specifically to curb shadow economies and the grey market. And the reason it's illegal to pay employees in cash is that the government needs a way of tracking "automatic" social security and tax payments. Where automatic means the employer pays them as the part of the paycheck that doesn't go to the employee.
  • newaccountfool 12y ago
    In the UK it's not illegal. You can pay them in cash in hand. Most builders and workmen that do work in your homes are paid cash in hand when they come round, this is common. They just need to declare it with the correct authorities themself.
    • newaccountfool 12y ago
      Sorry, you can still be paid cash in hand from most employers. Although most wont offer it. Pubs, bars, nightclubs lots of places you can be paid cash in hand. Just a lot of places choose not to do it as it's easier to manager there cash flows.
    • Swizec 12y ago
      Yes, we do that here too. But you aren't their employee, you are their client. Important difference.
    • DanBC 12y ago
      That's not off the books then.