LEV370 It is a negative commandment not to delay the payment of a hired man's wages for Scripture says, the wages of a hired man shall not remain with you [all night] until the morning [this verse]; and it says further, neither shall the sun go down on it (D'varim 24:15). For if he was a hired man for the day, he is to collect [his wages at any time] during the entire night; about this Scripture says, [… all night] until the morning [this verse]. And if he was a hired man for the night, he is to collect [his wages at any time] during the entire day; hence it says, neither shall the sun go down on it. A man hired for certain hours of the day is to collect [at any time] during the entire day. A man hired for certain hours of the night is the collect [at any time] during the entire night. [In the case of a craftsmen who is hired to repair an object] as long as the object is in the possession of the craftsman, even if the craftsman informed the owner that he completed it, he [the owner] commits no transgression. If he does not demand his payment from him, he [the owner] commits no transgression. And even if he demanded it of him and he did not have what to give him, or if he [the employer] passed him on to another person and the other took it upon himself [to pay], he is free of guilt. If a person delays the wages of a hired man beyond the allotted time, he disobeys the positive commandment, On the same day you shall give him his wage (D'varim 24:15), and he violates this prohibition. If after the time he delays further, he violates a prohibition from the words of the later parts of Scripture: Do not say to your fellow, "Go and come again," etc. (Mishley 3:28). It is all one whether it is the hire of a man or a domestic animal or tools and instruments; these words of Scripture apply to it: On the same day you shall give him his wage; neither shall the sun go down on it; and the wages… shall not remain with you all night. If someone wrongfully retains the wages of a hired man, it is as though he takes his life, and he violates all the prohibitions noted above, as well as the positive commandment; and he also violates the injunctions You shall not wrongfully deprive your fellow, nor rob him [this verse].