Employer and Employee Rights
865 questions
Is it permissible to take a commission from equipment sellers without the employer's knowledge, if the employee has not yet started receiving his salary, or if the purchase contract will be signed after the employee joins the company?
What is the ruling on the salary a wife receives for her work in recording sessions of the People's Assembly, given that she does not attend these sessions, and that this remuneration is disbursed to her in addition to her original salary, and what should she do if this salary is not lawful?
What is the ruling on the high salaries of employees of the Ministry of Electricity compared to other ministries? What is the ruling on a supervisor granting employees leave without an official card, with or without the knowledge of the manager? What is the ruling on sleeping during official working hours if there is no strenuous work? And are the salaries forbidden if sleeping is not permissible?
What is the ruling on an employee who is assigned a task, and then performs his work as well as the work of others?
What is the ruling on secretly taking a sum of money from a partner's funds and refraining from informing him, knowing that the partnership was based on a specified profit margin and the losses were borne solely by the partner?
What is the ruling on the commission taken by an employee in a commercial company from buyers in exchange for them getting a good price?
What is the ruling on brokering hotel rooms that are fully leased to tourism companies, where employees find rooms for customers in exchange for a large commission? And does the hotel owner's knowledge or ignorance of the matter change the religious ruling on these transactions?
What is the ruling on paying a sum of money or giving a gift to a purchasing manager to secure a purchase from him? And is it permissible to offer deals and gifts to the buyer (the entity) in exchange for a purchase?
Is it permissible for an employee working in customs clearance to take a small amount of money from clients in exchange for facilitating paper transactions, with the employer's consent?
What is the ruling of Sharia on an employee taking some goods (vegetables and fruits) from their workplace without clear permission from the employer, even if the employer is aware of it, and is what the questioner did by paying the value of these goods to the company considered a way to absolve himself of sin?
Does an expiation for an oath become obligatory for someone who swore not to leave their job until after informing their employer a week in advance, and then broke their oath because the employer did not fulfill their promises, and they left after informing them by only one day?
Is it permissible to take a percentage in exchange for finding a job for someone?
What is the ruling on an employee taking a loan from a bank through his governmental company to build a house, given that the company bears the interest on the loan as long as the employee remains employed, and the employee bears the principal amount of the loan and its insurance costs? If the employee resigns, he must pay the remaining installments to the bank, bearing the interest or any other expenses. This is knowing that the employee is compelled and has no other option, and he does not receive a sum of money, but rather the company pays the amount directly to the homeowner or contractor. Does the sin of usury fall upon the employee or upon the party that pays the usury?
What is the ruling on employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) taking a loan from the agency itself, when this loan comes from the employee's own savings and is subject to a 1% fee called a "stationery charge"?
Is the employee entitled to claim the penalty clause stipulated in his contract, amounting to six months' salary, if the company terminates his employment before the end of the agreed contract period, knowing that the contract is not officially registered and that the company based its refusal on reasons such as the imminent expiration of the contract or its financial situation?
Is it considered forgery or unlawful for a believing woman to take the full insurance amount if the laboratory owner recorded the official amount of the analyses on the invoice before the discount, even though she paid him a lesser amount after the discount? And what should she do if that is unlawful?
What is the religious ruling on inciting discord, backbiting an individual, and tarnishing their reputation by accusing them of theft, and how can one repent from that, knowing that they were acquitted and are known for their righteousness and commitment? And does the fact that they drive a car while being an employee justify accusing them of theft?
Is it permissible to eat in a company that does not grant this right to its employees, while everyone eats there without the company's concern?
Is it permissible to take the 3,0 pounds in this manner after reducing the agreed-upon amount from 15,0 to 12,0, and then informing the company of its reduction to 15,0, by agreement with the other party?
Is the money taken for a secondment that the employee does not attend lawful, knowing that his manager is aware of it and approves of it?
Is the severance package awarded by the judge to the dismissed employee considered a fine?
Is it permissible to increase the price of merchandise for the customer in order to receive the agreed-upon salary from the employer who does not pay it in full except upon demand?
Is it permissible to compensate an employee for a stolen amount by calculating fictitious overtime hours for him equivalent to the stolen amount, and is this considered halal or theft?
Does lying on a CV—as the only means of attracting employers—make the earned salary unlawful (haram)?