Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is it permissible to charge the company for the cost of using a personal phone for work calls at a rate of 50 piasters per minute, knowing that the cost per minute on the personal phone is 20 piasters, by analogy with the price per minute in a regular central exchange that generates profits?
Is it permissible for an employee to buy and sell materials that are not part of the company's merchandise in which he works, in order to achieve personal profit, whether in the company's name or not, with the customer's knowledge of that and without the employer's knowledge?
What is the ruling on the money that must be paid to the official after medical tests have been conducted without his knowledge and without paying their cost, and without knowing the specific amount?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on someone who undertakes private work online during long periods of free time at their job, and then donates the equivalent value of this time to their workplace, knowing that they have been issued a fatwa stating the impermissibility of private work during work hours?
Is it permissible to perform external work tasks using one's private car and then take the taxi fare allocated for that purpose?
Is it permissible for an employee, whose company's commercial insurance covers his eyeglasses for 250 Riyals, to request an invoice for 250 Riyals, even though the cost of his eyeglasses is 150 Riyals, in order to take the difference, knowing that he previously paid for medications not covered by the insurance?
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 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?
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 using a work phone for non-essential personal purposes, and what is the evidence for its prohibition from the Qur'an and Sunnah for someone who does not know the employer to seek their permission?
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?
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?
What is the ruling on using work paper for personal photography and printing with the intention of compensating the user for it?