Sechirut

HILCHOT SECHIRUT

THE LAWS OF RENTALS AND EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

They contain seven mitzvot: three positive mitzvot and four negative mitzvot. They are:

1) The laws governing a hired worker and a paid watchman;

2) To pay a worker his wages when due;

3) Not to delay payment of a worker's wage after it falls due;

4) For a worker to be allowed to eat from the produce with which he is working;

5) That a worker not eat from the produce at the time he should be working;

6) That a worker not take more than what he eats;

7) Not to muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

These mitzvot are explained in the chapters that follow.