Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is it considered a lie for an employee to register as married and obtain housing designated for married couples to avoid social embarrassment, knowing that he could obtain housing without mentioning bringing children? And is his acquisition of housing in this case unlawful?
How can one deal with a driver who used the company's fuel card without its knowledge for his personal benefit, and pledged to return the amount, while retaining his job? Is it permissible to take the amount and use it to repair company cars without informing the management?
Is it permissible for an employee who was forced to accept a salary reduction to recover the financial difference without the company's knowledge, or to consider unpaid overtime hours as a recovery of this difference?
Does buying books for students and then discovering their unsuitability for them constitute a form of betrayal of trust?
Is the percentage my colleague takes from the wage in exchange for giving me paper translation or correction work Islamically permissible? And does merely guiding someone to a workplace or helping them join it allow me to take compensation from them for that? And does this contradict chivalry and integrity?
Is it permissible for me to take money in exchange for unused leave to pay off my debts, knowing that I considered it compensation for my previous shortcomings at work, and then my employer forgave me?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a company that uses unlicensed design software, knowing that my work as a designer relies on these programs, and it is my right for the employer to provide them, and I tried to convince him to buy the original versions but he backed out, and this work is my only source of livelihood and I fear that the money earned from it may be unlawful?
Is it permissible for an employee to take compensation for extra effort exerted outside the scope of their contract and working hours, without the knowledge of the company, which threatened to dismiss them if they did not perform this work?
Is it permissible for a company to pay for an employee's visa costs, and then reduce their salary for a year without informing them that this reduction is in exchange for the visa costs, with the understanding that their salary will increase in the second year, under the pretext that the employee might not stay with the company for long?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on dealing with and accepting a voluntary savings plan in which a percentage is deducted from the salary and another percentage is added to it by the company (5% with the company adding 13%, or 2% with the company adding 7%), knowing that these funds can be obtained in specific cases (reaching 67 years of age, death, or after 6 years), and that this saving is done through private insurance companies that invest the funds in the Israeli stock exchange?
Do the deceased's parents inherit from his retirement salary, or is the salary limited to his wife and children?
Is it permissible to change the job title in the passport to enable working in Saudi Arabia, while informing the employer of the real job, and paying a sum of money to a public employee to facilitate that?
What is the ruling on purchasing the previous insurance period, in cash or in installments, after the employer failed to insure the employee for a period of three years?
Is copying an original Windows disc from the company without its owner's knowledge considered forbidden, especially if doing so saves a large amount of money, and does it fall under the category of betraying the employer or the manufacturing company?
How is the salary of a deceased man distributed, who was supporting two minor children and their mother, as well as the deceased's mother?
Is it permissible to take money from one's father without his knowledge in exchange for working with him when he does not provide adequate compensation for the effort expended, especially since he promised to help with marriage preparations?
Is it permissible for an employee whose work is not connected to the interests of others to postpone tasks, browse the internet, or leave early, knowing that he sometimes exerts extra effort? And does this affect the acceptance of prayers?
Is voluntarily refraining from testifying for a colleague and concealing it from the court, unless compelled, considered concealing testimony and a sin? And is the "caller" intended in the verse, "And let witnesses not refuse when they are called upon," the rights holder or the judge?
Is the illness that befell the questioner related to his secretly taking money from employers who exploited him, or is it a trial from Allah, and what must he do to please Allah Almighty?
Is the money with which I founded my current company unlawful, knowing that I worked for myself while working for a previous company, and that the previous company withheld a commission of 42,400 pounds from me?
Is what happened permissible, that the employer hired and trained a new employee, who then turned against me, and was supported by the manager, after I had worked sincerely for the sake of Allah?
What is the ruling on taking a 2% commission from a foreign company for mediating between it and a government entity specialized in construction and development?
Is it permissible to count large sums of money saved for my employer — which were not part of my core duties and for which I received no wages — as repayment for a debt he owes, due to my inability to return the money I took from him?
Is the new job lawful or unlawful, considering that the transition to it involved concealing some details from the previous employer?