Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is what an employee earns considered unlawful gain if he uses a mode of transportation that is cheaper than what the company allocated for transportation allowance, and he writes the maximum specified amount in the form?
What is the ruling on being employed at Al Rajhi Bank by submitting a CV to a colleague who works at the bank, rather than through the usual application process, and what is the ruling on this if it would lead to one being given priority over someone who applied through official channels? And is it considered an injustice if favoritism gives one person priority over another who has a greater right? Is favoritism permissible for employment in a company that requires a higher grade than the applicant possesses? What is the ruling on favoritism in government departments by submitting documents to a specific manager to ensure they are not lost and to expedite procedures? Is it true that favoritism is permissible in the private sector and forbidden in the public sector?
Is working part-time with investors to specify machinery for competitor factories, without divulging information about the current company, considered betrayal or dishonesty?
Is it permissible to benefit from surplus money taken from a non-Muslim employer, after swearing an oath not to take it, because of the employer's injustice?
Is it permissible to use used spare parts that the questioner bought from a worker who sold them without the owner's knowledge and kept the money for himself?
What should I do about my salary being illegally reduced and being threatened with visa cancellation, knowing that the sponsor has strong influence and connections, and am I entitled to reclaim what was deducted from my salary if I get the chance?
What is the ruling on my remaining in my job after I lied to the employer twice regarding work experience and the existence of an Eid bonus at my previous company?
Is it permissible for an employee to use a company car for personal purposes, with the company bearing the fuel costs, based on the approval of his manager?
Is it permissible for an employer to compel employees to swear on the Quran not to work in the same field after leaving their employment, and is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for whoever breaks this oath?
Is it permissible for an accountant to take a cash amount from his trust and replace it with checks to pay the amount in installments, knowing that he was in financial distress?
What is the ruling on money earned while traveling to Qatar on an internal leave without pay, with the knowledge of the employer who stipulated an external leave but was unyielding in granting it, knowing that the employee works for the Egyptian Post in usurious savings books?
Is it permissible to take a brokerage commission for mediating between a buyer and a seller, knowing that the questioner's main job is a lawyer in a real estate company, and he may be entrusted with some real estate tasks? Is it permissible for the employer to prevent the employee from working in the same field for his own account without harm to the employer? What is the ruling on completing real estate deals privately by a real estate marketer outside the office? What if the office owner rejects the offered deal?
What is the ruling on an employee receiving compensation for travel expenses that he did not incur, or signing off on fictitious travel expenses to enable a colleague to obtain compensation after exhausting his allotted travel period?
Should the employer be informed about an employee who agreed with a client to execute the company's projects outside of it, knowing that informing him might lead to the employee losing his livelihood, or should one remain silent about the matter while feeling guilty towards the employer?
Is it permissible to take a sum of money not exceeding five pounds, or to buy food for less than five pounds and keep the remainder, in order to buy food due to the employer not providing lunch for the worker or its delay, knowing that the monthly salary is not enough to cover the cost of buying food?
Are profits earned from trading stocks during working hours considered unlawful, even though work performance is not affected by it?
Is it permissible for me to accept commissions or a percentage from companies specialized as intermediaries for providing workers to my company, knowing that these commissions do not affect the workers' salaries?
Is it permissible to move to work in an American engineering firm within the UAE, and is working in an Arab firm that deals with foreign firms impermissible?
What is the ruling on being absent one day per week and submitting a leave request for it to be deducted from annual leave, knowing that the deputizing authority deducts all incentives if the days of absence exceed the allowed monthly limit?
Are we obligated to pay an additional amount to the worker who refused to accept 50 riyals as her wage for half a month, claiming she is owed another 25 riyals, knowing that she worked an additional week and we were met with refusal when we tried to pay her for that week?
Is it permissible to secretly record late attendance times for employees—at the manager's request—with the fear that they will be harmed and with the employee feeling that this is a tribulation?
Is it permissible to take a fee (fuel allowance) from a colleague at work when giving him a ride in the car designated for work?
Which hadiths and chains of narration point to retirement, and what is an example of it, such as the story of Umar ibn al-Khattab with the Jewish beggar?
Is the prevailing custom in companies of using office supplies, telephones, the internet, and discarded papers for personal purposes considered evidence that this is not prohibited, and does this action require direct permission from the company official?