I have worked for the same employer for 18 years. I make $10.00/hr and work 9am-5pm with a 1 hr lunch (35 hours/week x $10.00= $350.00). My employer pays me in cash only $300 with no taxes taken out. This has been going on for the full 18 years that I have worked for him. This is a shortage of $48,000 over the life of my employment. Can my employer legally keep the $50 each week? When I questioned where the $50 was going each week, I was told that it "washed because I come in late in the morning and back late from lunch. My employer does not come to work until mid morning on the days he is in town, many days he is traveling out of town. I visit another buisness owner/friend who owns a mechanic shop in the same parking lot daily and walk the 100 feet to my place of work by 9am. If needed this person can validate my claim that I do not arrive late. As for coming back from lunch late, there are times that I pick up parts and supplies for my employer at the end of my lunch hour, therefore occasionally arriving "late". My employer has never posted a workmans comp sign and has never offered to pay my doctor bills when i was injured. My wife's insurance paid a portion and we paid that balance out of our pockets. My boss made the statement "I don't keep records", does this mean I have no proof other than my word against his? Because I am paid under the table and do not claim my wages, am I just out the back pay.