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Exploitation is a question of labor value. I'd expect that the answer is usually yes (because hiring them is thereby directly profitable), but it's just a question of how much they are compensated versus how much labor value you receive from them.
I was more thinking along the lines of hiring them to do a service for you ie graphic design or painting a room
As I said, it's a value issue rather than a question of the specific job or other aspects of the arrangement. If you pay them as much as the value they are giving you, then it's not exploitation.