בְּיוֹמוֹ֩ תִתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָר֜וֹ וְֽלֹא־תָב֧וֹא עָלָ֣יו הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֤י עָנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵלָ֕יו ה֥וּא נֹשֵׂ֖א אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִקְרָ֤א עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃ (ס)
Pada hari itu juga haruslah engkau memberikan upahnya, dan janganlah matahari terbenam sebelum upah itu diberikan, sebab ia miskin, dan demi upah itulah ia mempertaruhkan nyawanya; supaya ia tidak berseru kepada Yang Mahakekal tentang engkau, dan hal itu menjadi dosa bagimu.
Kitzur Shulchan Arukh
It is a mitzvah to pay the wages of a hired workman on time, and if you delay such payment, you are transgressing a negative commandment, as it is said, "On the same day you shall give him his wages, and the sun shall not go down on it."1Deuteronomy 24:15. It is also a mitzvah to pay for the hire of an animal or a utensil at the proper time, and if you delay such payment, you are transgressing a negative command, as it is said "You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy etc., in the same day you must give his wage."2Deuteronomy 24:14. What is the proper time? If he finished his work during the day, he should be paid before the end of that day. If the day has passed and you still did not pay him, you are transgressing the mitzvah of "In the same day you should give him his wage, and the sun shall not go down on it."1Deuteronomy 24:15. If he finished his work during the evening, he should be paid during that night. If the night passed and you had not paid him, you are transgressing the negative command, "The wages of your worker shall not abide with you (all the night) until the morning."3Leviticus 19:13. Similarly, a workman who is hired by the week, or month, or year, if he has finished his work during the day, he should be paid during that day; if he finished during the night, he should be paid during that night and not later.
Kitzur Shulchan Arukh
You have not transgressed the law of: "The wages of your worker shall not abide with you"3Leviticus 19:13. [or the law of] "That the sun shall not go down on it,"1Deuteronomy 24:15. unless the worker demands his wages, and you have the money to pay him. But if the worker did not demand his wages, or he demanded his wages but you do not have the money, you are not in violation of the law. Nevertheless,4Shulchan Aruch Horav—Ariz’l. a scrupulous person will borrow money to pay his worker in the proper time, for he is poor and sets his heart upon his wage. If your system is not to pay the workers until after a certain sum is due, even if they demand a small sum, which they have undoubtedly already earned, nevertheless, (if you refuse to give it to them), you are not guilty of transgressing the law, since it is known that this is your system of payment, and on such condition they hired themselves out to you.
Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot
To pay wages to the hired man at the due time, as it is said, “In the same day, thou shalt give him his hire” (Deut. 24:15).