<prompt> Human: So this was a few years ago making 15 an hour, my employer at the time would take my overtime for the week; write me a travel check for the full 15hour and give me that check. He called it straight pay but it seemed pretty fishy. What is the legality of this? My w2 for that year was certainly a lot lower then what I had made.  <response>: Sounds like under the table income to me, aka tax evasion. 