In the first year here, an English chap worked for me a few times ‘on the black’, ‘under the counter’; otherwise known as cash in hand. It’s illegal to do that in France and both of us, not just him, could have got into serious trouble. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16969109.fidelma-cook-when-dreams-of-the-good-life-fall-apart/?ref=rss