[dsc]

“True; but it’s FAR from being a Mortal Sin.”

No, it is quite definitely a mortal sin. It is one of the sins that cries out to Heaven. (5) Injustice to the wage earner. [Deut. 24:14-5; Jas. 5:4], # 1867 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

[Elsie]

Deuteronomy 24:14-15 

¹⁴ Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

¹⁵ Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

 

James 5:4

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

I'm sorry, but these verses do NOT apply.

Nothing about hiring others that WILL work than less than you.

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Perhaps you should about the workers in the vineyard parable; who whined because they got paid less per hour than others.