An employer can pay their employer whatever they would prefer...as long as they are not discriminating against another employee for an unlawful purpose.  Basically, he's giving the employee a bonus.  If the bonus is because he really likes the employee... then it's okay.   If he is paying other's less because they are members of a protected class (minorities, females, etc.).... then that is not permissible and the discriminated employees may be able to assert a discrimination complaint against the employer.If this is a matter of a manager bumping up an employees paycard, but the manager is not the owner of the company, then this is a matter to be handled by the owner with the manager... which could consitute theft or fraud if the owner was not aware of the fraudlent documents.