[Avodah] workers righs

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Eli Turkel asked:

> I am learning the gemara towards the end of BM that there is a mitzvah
> to pay workers on time.
> The CC states that since the gemara elsewhere states that wages are due
> only at the end for the mitzvah one should not pay ahead of time. Thus
> for example R Zilberstein deals with question of sherut taxis ... - it
> is not clear the taxi drivers will agree to this solution)
> Two questions ...

>From this tiny snippet, I can only guess what the CC's reasoning might have
been, and that guess is along the lines of "It is better to be a m'tzuveh
v'oseh, but if you pay before the wages are due then you'll be merely an
aino m'tzuveh v'oseh."

While this logic may be valid technically, it is hard for me to imagine
that the Chofetz Chaim would advise us to do a mitzvah in a way that gives
the employer more s'char, rather than doing it in the way that the employee
prefers.

Can you cite the location where the CC said that?

Akiva Miller
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