Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: A young couple wants to attend a family wedding and hires a high-school girl to babysit their children for the evening. After making the commitment, she realizes that she has a big test the next day…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: We established that an employee generally has the right to leave his job. Would it be any different if he is leaving to take another job? Answer: That is a major machlokes Acharonim. The discussion…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: May an employee who committed to work for a period of time or a contractor who committed to do a job renege on their commitment for any reason? Answer: The Gemara clearly says that an employee…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Reuven terminates Shimon’s employment without justification, what are his obligations to him? Answer: There are two grounds to hold the employer liable to compensate the terminated employee. The first basis for a liability is if the…
Commission Agent Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek July 14, 2022 He sent messengers to Bil’am son of Be’or, to Pesor…“A people has come out of Egypt…so now, please go and curse this people for…
Getting Your Goat July 14, 2022 Q I bought a pregnant goat. Will its firstborn have kedushas bechor? A The Torah commands that a firstborn animal be sanctified, given to a kohein, and ultimately offered as a korban (Shmos…
What does it take to terminate an employee? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 14, 2022 The New York Times reports: SpaceX, the private rocket company, on Thursday fired employees who helped write and distribute an open…
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Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: What are sufficient grounds to terminate an employee? Answer: As we said, some Poskim say that if no commitment exists, an at-will employee can be terminated at any time. If a contract does exist,…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Reuven has an employee named Shimon who is doing a very competent job. One day, Reuven hears that his good friend Levi lost his job. He really wants to work with Levi and decides to fire…