Is money earned from a car allowance for field work permissible if the contractor, instead of providing cars as per the contract, secretly gives employees an agreed-upon sum, with the knowledge of officials? What is the ruling on amounts I received for days I did not perform field work? How can the amount of money that must be returned from past years be determined? Is it permissible to deposit this money into the "discharging one's liability" account opened by the state? What is the ruling on money we receive for overtime, if the administration provides it to all employees even if there is no need for it?

If a government entity contracts with a contractor to provide transportation for its workers, and the contractor agrees with workers who own cars to compensate them instead of providing transportation, and the entity knows about this and overlooks it, then there is no blame on the contractor or the worker. It is permissible for the worker to take the compensation, even if it is a lump sum, to compensate him for vacation days, if the agreement includes that. However, if the compensation is only for official working days, then the worker must return the compensation for the days he did not work to the contractor. If it is not possible to deliver the money to the contractor, then it should be given as charity on his behalf. Overtime pay is permissible if the worker makes himself available to the employer at the agreed-upon time, even if there is no actual work, because he deserves it by his presence and making himself available for utilization.