en_tn_lite_do_not_use/rom/04/04.md

what he is paid is not counted as a gift

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "no one counts what his employer pays him as a gift from his employer" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

but as what is owed

You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "but as what his employer owes him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)