Kablanus on Shabbos

Kablanus on Shabbos

A non-Jewish worker is permitted to do a job for us on Shabbos provided that:

He is a kablan (an independent contractor, paid by the job, not by the hour)

He is given ample time to do the job on a weekday

He wasn’t specifically instructed to work on Shabbos 

He does the work elsewhere, not on our premises—even if we aren’t currently there. If work is being done in our home on Shabbos it might give the appearance that we have instructed the kablan to work on Shabbos, or that we are paying him by the hour.

Giving clothes to a non-Jewish  cleaners before Shabbos, for example, is permitted since they are paid by the job, they can do it whenever they so choose over the course of a few days, and the work is done on their own premises. #557?1

 

 

 

https://halacha2go.com?number=557

Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.