Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 221:1

וזה לפי שאין פעולתו אצלו היכי דמי אי דאמר להו שכרכם עלי שכרו עליו הוא דתניא השוכר את הפועל לעשות בשלו והראהו בשל חבירו נותן לו שכרו משלם וחוזר ונוטל מבעל הבית מה שההנה אותו

the latter, because the wages [i.e., the labour for which wages are due] are not with him. How so? If he [the agent] assured them, 'I am responsible for your wages,' then he is responsible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore subject to the injunction. ');">¹</span> For it has been taught: If one engages a workman to labour on his [work], but directs him to that of his neighbour, he must pay him in full, and receive in turn from the owner [of the work actually done] the value whereby he benefited him! — It holds good only if he said to them, 'The employer is responsible for your wages.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nevertheless, the employer is not subject to the prohibition, because he did not hire the workers himself. ');">²</span>

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