Poking the payroll

Phrase to define when a colleague is having sexual relations with a peer or their manager. Often used on work instant message systems and social networks to avoid rousing any suspicion, particularly if the person in question is already in a relationship outside of work.

Lewis was poking poking the payroll at the office Christmas party and carried on in the toilets at work the next day

Poking the payroll by coradia January 20, 2013