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===Worker's Salary=== | ===Worker's Salary=== | ||
#It is forbidden to charge interest for wages of a worker.<ref>Gemara Bava Metsia 73a clarifies that there is interest for hiring a worker. Bet Yosef 160:21 clearly states this as well.</ref> | #It is forbidden to charge interest for wages of a worker.<ref>Gemara Bava Metsia 73a clarifies that there is interest for hiring a worker. Bet Yosef 160:21 clearly states this as well.</ref> | ||
# If the employer owes a employee his salary he may not pay more for delaying that payment even if the employee agrees.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 173:12</ref> However, if the employee continues to work for the employer then the payment that the employer makes to his employee can be more than his original salary since the employer may pay him extra for his later work. This was never considered a loan since the work arrangement continued until the final salary due was determined.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 173:12</ref> | |||
===Lending an Object=== | ===Lending an Object=== | ||
# It is permitted to lend an object such as a tool to one's friend even on condition that if it breaks he will get you a new one even though it is more expensive than the one you lent him.<Ref>Mishnat Ribbit 4:35 based on Chavot Daat 161:1</ref> | # It is permitted to lend an object such as a tool to one's friend even on condition that if it breaks he will get you a new one even though it is more expensive than the one you lent him.<Ref>Mishnat Ribbit 4:35 based on Chavot Daat 161:1</ref> | ||
