[RBS] pay your sitter/gardener/worker same day!

[Phil'n'Chanie Rosenfelder]

while i am sometimes guilty myself, my children remind me that there are two
mitzvot involved
- the mitzvat asseh to pay on time
- the mitzvat lo taaseh f halanat sachar.
so, even if the  worker agrees to be paid another time, it is a missed
mitzva to pay later.


On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:39 AM, marti winston <martirobin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>   Hi everyone
> It has bothered me for some time that many people hire people to do jobs
> for them like babysit, gardening, tutoring, cleaning etc. but then do not
> pay the person.
>
> I was told we are required al pi halacha to pay a worker the same day.
> The only way to get around this mitzva is to ask the person working for you
> if it is ok to pay them later.
>
> I think we must ask the worker BEFORE they do the job this question.
> I know many people who hire babysitters or ozerets who ask them AFTER they
> do the job.
> They say they do not have any money now and will it be alright to pay them
> later.
> I for one think this is irresponsible on the part of the person who does
> the hiring.
> What can a sitter/ozeret do afterwards if you don't have any money to pay
> them?
>
> People, please be aware that the reason these people are hiring out to work
> is because they need the money now.
>
> Wishing everyone a Shavuah tov
> Marti
>
>
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