Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is the president entitled to dismiss an employee who is negligent in his work without warning, even if the employee's circumstances are difficult and he is in urgent need of the job?
Is it permissible for the recipient to continue taking the Zakat amount he receives from his employer, considering it part of his salary and his unfulfilled rights, and does the sin fall upon the giver alone or also upon the recipient if he knows it is from Zakat, and what should he do with the amounts he previously took based on this interpretation?
Is it forbidden for an employee to merely sign a bank accident insurance document—without intending to benefit from it—given that she opened the bank account solely to receive her salary?
Is it permissible for the husband to take the excess from currency exchange rates that the company does not take, knowing that the company obliges him to pay the difference from his own money if the market price falls below the specified price, and that the financial manager has authorized him to do so, in addition to the company shortchanging him on housing allowance?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a manager to refuse to grant an employee a waiver to transfer to another job, or to renege on promises of promotion and salary increase? And was sponsorship (kafalah) instituted to prevent an employee from earning his livelihood?
What is the ruling on gifts between colleagues at work?
Is money earned from selling teachers' lesson plans, which my employer bought from agents after they had taken an oath, "We ask you, by Allah, the Most High, the Most Mighty, not to sell this lesson plan or give it to anyone else without our knowledge and approval, and not to publish it on internet pages," considered unlawful (haram) or lawful (halal) money, and how should I act if it is unlawful, knowing that part of my work involves other student services and I do not know the extent of their intermingling with this income?
What is the ruling on issuing an interest-bearing credit card—issued in the employee's name and guaranteed by the company—when the employee knows of its حرمة (prohibition), and what should he do if the company compels him to obtain it for travel due to the absence of a cash alternative for transactions?
What is the ruling on subscribing to commercial insurance for one's wife and children, given that the company deducts an amount from the salary without consulting the employee, and there is no direct financial dealing with the insurance company, especially considering the dire need for this insurance?
Is it permissible for an employee or a manager to inform the employer of mistakes, even if they were discovered before they occurred? And am I entitled to reclaim the money I gave to my colleague?
Is money earned from employment at the university considered unlawful if success in the Master's program was achieved through...?
What is the ruling on an injured party receiving compensation or a fine from the one who caused the damage that resulted from their negligence and carelessness, without intent?
Are labor rights determined based on a contract that violates the Labor Law, or based on the Saudi Labor Office Law?
Is the questioner obligated to continue in his job, in which he later discovered he had committed an act whose حرمة (unlawfulness/prohibition) he had not realized at the time, or must he leave it, or inform the employer of his act, or is repentance sufficient, and is what he spent from this salary on sadaqat (charity) for the poor and needy acceptable?
Is it permissible to lie in order to obtain a leave of absence for i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan?
What are the implications of the decision to ban the niqab at the main headquarters of the telecommunications company for veiled female employees? Must they request a transfer or remove their niqab? What is the correct stance for employees to take towards management, considering the financial benefits of the main headquarters?
Is reliance on God in self-employment (such as trade or farming) greater than reliance on Him in working as an employee in a private company, taking into account the temptations that private company employees are exposed to, such as humiliation from the manager or being ordered to commit a sin?
What is the ruling on granting sick leave or a medical excuse to a healthy person who does not have symptoms that qualify him for it, and is anything required of the doctor or official who wishes to repent from this action?
Is the bonus an employee received permissible or forbidden, knowing that he could have refused it and that it was given in exchange for extra work requested by the manager?
How can a letter be drafted to a company manager that includes Qur'anic verses and Prophetic hadiths to demand the regular payment of delayed salaries, knowing that the current employment contract does not protect employees' rights?
Is the accountant considered sinful and treacherous to the trust for not informing the management about his manager's transgressions in selling goods to non-compliant customers, knowing that the manager will pay from other customers' accounts, and what should he do? And is it permissible for an employee to invest his salary in an external business without the employer's knowledge if there was a verbal agreement not to work for another company?
Is the salary a doctor receives from the hospital in the month he is absent to work for another company—with a portion of his salary deducted—lawful or unlawful?
Is it permissible for an employee to request a car from his institution, knowing that it has comprehensive insurance, and is it permissible for him to accept it if it is given to him without his request, knowing that it has comprehensive insurance?
Is it permissible to compensate for an employee's mistake by increasing the price of the merchant's goods without his knowledge, despite the employer's refusal of that?