Commentary for Bava Metzia 224:6

וניתב ליה בעדים טריחא להו מילתא וניתב ליה מעיקרא שניהם רוצים בהקפה

measures were taught here. Thus: The oath is the employer's privilege, but the Rabbis took it away from the employer and imposed it upon the employee, for the sake of his livelihood. And on account of the employee's livelihood, are we to cause loss to the employer?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since legally it is his privilege to swear to be free from payment. ');">⁶</span>

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