LEV1094 We are forbidden to treat an employee overbearingly. This verse refers to an eved ivri (Hebrew servant). It was forbidden to give an eved ivri a task without a definite limit. The master was not permitted to tell him, "Hoe until I return," since the work is without a limit. He had to specify, "Hoe until 2 o'clock," or "Hoe until this part of the field." Also, a person was not permitted to ask his eved ivri to do any work that was unnecessary just to keep him busy, even if it was a light task. Although in our time the practice of actually acquiring an eved ivri does not exist [With the cessation of the Jubilee after the exile of some tribes by Sannherib, the institution of the eved ivri also ceased (Erchin 29a and 32b)], this commandment still has practical applications today. If family has a maid in the house, they must be careful not to treat her overbearingly. (Chinuch 346). Rabainu Yonah writes about this commandment: "A person must not subjugate his fellow man. If others fear him or are embarrassed to challenge his words, he should not command them to do even a minor task unless it is in accordance with their will and for their benefit." (Shaarey Tshuvah 3:60).