General Laws for Professionals

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Paying Workers on Time

  1. There is a biblical prohibition for an employer not to pay his workers on time.[1]
  2. If the worker doesn't ask for the payment there's no prohibition for the employer to delay paying.[2] However, some say that there is a rabbinic prohibition to delay even in such a case.[3]
  3. According to the Torah law, a daytime worker should be paid before the end of the following night and a nighttime worker should be paid before the end of the next day.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vayikra 19:13, Rambam (Lavin 238)
  2. ↑ Shulchan Aruch CM 339:10
  3. ↑ Halachos of Other People's Money (p. 111) quoting the Ahavat Chesed
  4. ↑ Bava Metsia 110b, Rambam (Lavin 238)
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