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# If an employer paid a worker lower than the going rate for that type of work and a worker with his skills, the employee has no recourse to claiming that he should be paid more.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 227:33</ref> | |||
# There is no halachic obligation to pay living wages (above minimum wage).<ref>Rabbi Aaron Levine in [https://books.google.com/books?id=zf7MwGclHTQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=economic+morality+and+jewish+law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj08qnhnIXjAhUHx1kKHfKTBfkQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&f=false Economic Morality and Jewish Law] pp. 197-201</ref> | # There is no halachic obligation to pay living wages (above minimum wage).<ref>Rabbi Aaron Levine in [https://books.google.com/books?id=zf7MwGclHTQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=economic+morality+and+jewish+law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj08qnhnIXjAhUHx1kKHfKTBfkQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&f=false Economic Morality and Jewish Law] pp. 197-201</ref> | ||
# A worker can't take outside work without the consent of his employer only if the outside work will cause his productivity at his job to fall below the average productivity of those who have the same job.<ref>Rabbi Aaron Levine in [https://books.google.com/books?id=zf7MwGclHTQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=economic+morality+and+jewish+law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj08qnhnIXjAhUHx1kKHfKTBfkQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&f=false Economic Morality and Jewish Law] p. 203, Rabbi Aaron Levine in Free Enterprise and Jewish Law p. 57</ref> | # A worker can't take outside work without the consent of his employer only if the outside work will cause his productivity at his job to fall below the average productivity of those who have the same job.<ref>Rabbi Aaron Levine in [https://books.google.com/books?id=zf7MwGclHTQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=economic+morality+and+jewish+law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj08qnhnIXjAhUHx1kKHfKTBfkQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&f=false Economic Morality and Jewish Law] p. 203, Rabbi Aaron Levine in Free Enterprise and Jewish Law p. 57</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:04, 4 January 2024
Pricing
- If one sells items by weight the scales must be exact.[1]
- One may not hoard products, or engage in any act of price manipulation.[2]
See also Overcharging
Fair Wages
- If an employer paid a worker lower than the going rate for that type of work and a worker with his skills, the employee has no recourse to claiming that he should be paid more.[3]
- There is no halachic obligation to pay living wages (above minimum wage).[4]
- A worker can't take outside work without the consent of his employer only if the outside work will cause his productivity at his job to fall below the average productivity of those who have the same job.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 231:1.
- ↑ Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 231:25.
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch C.M. 227:33
- ↑ Rabbi Aaron Levine in Economic Morality and Jewish Law pp. 197-201
- ↑ Rabbi Aaron Levine in Economic Morality and Jewish Law p. 203, Rabbi Aaron Levine in Free Enterprise and Jewish Law p. 57
