>Labor isn't the same as other commodities, Depends on the relationship. Instead of a hotel, say you decided that you enjoy a massage and after some research y

>Labor isn't the same as other commodities, Depends on the relationship. Instead of a hotel, say you decided that you enjoy a massage and after some research you find a license therapist in your area and you have a trial massage and, having appreciated said massage, you decide to establish twice weekly massages. So you talk with the therapist and establish a nice $125/hour rate for them to come to your house every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00pm for an hour massage. Having negotiated a rate, you agree that this is an ongoing deal until one or the other of you decides to cancel it. Now, you've agreed to effectively $1,000/month salary for this person. Are you really going to go ahead and pay them the agreed upon $1,000/month even though they: a) catch a virus and are unable to come for two weeks. b) take a vacation to Pittsburgh and are not going to be there next Thursday. c) have a child and aren't going to be coming to give your massage for the next six, eight, or ten weeks? d) have signed up extra clients and will reach sixty hours by Thursday morning, so they won't be able to provide their Thursday afternoon or Friday appointments due to hard limits on overtime. e) now that they have a kid, you're going to pay an extra $10 per session for child care. For some reason, my gut feeling is that you're not going to do any of those things and instead put it on the therapist to manage their business and accept that they will get paid for services rendered and nothing else.