Study Bava Metzia folio 76A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Conversely, if the employer reneges, he is at a disadvantage. These two rulings are in accordance with the principle that whoever changes the terms accepted by both parties is at a disadvantage, and whoever reneges on an agreement is at a disadvantage.
Talmud: The Talmud starts by analyzing the phrase: And they deceived one another. The Talmud comments: The tanna does not teach: They reneged on the agreement with one another, which would indicate that either the employer or the laborers changed their mind. Rather, it states that they deceived o
The Talmud again asks: What are the circumstances of this deception? If the employer said to him: Hire for me laborers at 4 dinars, and he went and told them that they are hired for 3 dinars, what is the relevance of this grievance? After all, they knew and accepted the conditions of their hire. W
This is as it is taught in a baraita: With regard to one who hires a laborer to perform work in his own field, and the employer inadvertently showed the laborer a field belonging to another in which he should work, the employer must give the laborer his full wages; and in addition, the employer goes
The Talmud explains: No, it is necessary to state this halakha where the middleman said to them: The obligation to pay your wages is incumbent upon the employer, and it subsequently became apparent that the employer was not willing to pay that much. In this case the laborers have a grievance only