Let’s start here:

“Ideally the unpaid wages would then be reported as bonuses for the employee in the future.”

You cannot tell us you owe them wages, trying to accrue wages, and later pay it out as Bonus. If they were already owed it, it isn’t Bonus. Bonus = additional.

You cannot legally […]

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