Responsa for Bava Metzia 7:7

הַשּׂוֹכֵר אֶת הַפּוֹעֲלִים לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּנֶטַע רְבָעִי שֶׁלּוֹ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לֹא יֹאכְלוּ. אִם לֹא הוֹדִיעָן, פּוֹדֶה וּמַאֲכִילָן. נִתְפָּרְסוּ עִגּוּלָיו, נִתְפַּתְּחוּ חָבִיּוֹתָיו, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לֹא יֹאכְלוּ. אִם לֹא הוֹדִיעָן, מְעַשֵּׂר וּמַאֲכִילָן:

If one hires workers to work in his neta revai [(fruits of a tree of the fourth year, which may be eaten only in Jerusalem, or which he may redeem to bring the money to Jerusalem)], they may not eat. If he did not apprise them (that they were neta revai), he redeems them and allows them to eat. If his cakes of figs came loose [and he hired workers to re-form them], or his jugs were opened [and he hired workers to close them], they may not eat thereof, [for their (the fruits') work was completed and they became subject to ma'aser and are tevel (forbidden untithed produce).] If he did not apprise them, he must tithe it and allow them to eat.

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