Is it religiously permissible for an institution to require its employees, whose salaries have been delayed for over a year, to sell villas listed for a specific price, and if sold for a lower price, the difference is deducted from their salaries, knowing that they are forced to do so?

The rights of workers to their previous salaries are established and cannot be withheld or reduced; otherwise, it would be a wrongful appropriation of wealth. Regarding the offer to sell villas to settle delayed salaries, if the workers are to sell at the requested price, there is no problem. If they do not find buyers at that price, they have the right to refuse the sale and demand their full rights. However, if they sell at a lower price and bear the difference themselves, there is no harm to them, but they are not obligated to do so. As for the owners of the institution, their liabilities are not discharged until they pay the workers their full salaries. If they are in financial difficulty, the remaining amount remains a debt upon them until they become able to pay, unless the workers voluntarily waive it.