Employer and Employee Rights
865 questions
Do the deceased's parents inherit from his retirement salary, or is the salary limited to his wife and children?
What is the ruling on working in a disciplinary council that applies man-made laws (labor laws) to employees and punishes their errors such as tardiness, absenteeism, and theft? Is dismissal as a punishment for theft considered judging by other than what Allah has revealed? And what is the control to avoid oppressing employees?
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?
Is it permissible to take the financial amount gifted by the legal counsel to the establishment, after a contract was made with him based on a price quote submitted by the employee himself, knowing that the employee intends to present it to the owner of the establishment or his legal representative for disposition?
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?
What is the ruling on working in a furniture store where the employer demands lying to customers about the origin of the goods (China instead of Spain)? What is the ruling on an employee increasing the set price and taking the excess for himself? Is the money earned from this considered unlawful? And what should one do if they are unable to return the funds?
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 take a commission or a sum of money from companies in exchange for awarding them contracts or expediting certain procedures, knowing that there are material temptations at work and that loans are usurious in my country?
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 it permissible for an employee who has been wronged by having his dues reduced and being given false promises to increase the number of hours on timesheets to ensure he receives his full dues, or close to them? And is it permissible for him to do that to compensate for the end-of-service bonus that was not paid to him due to an administrative oversight, with the manager's knowledge?
Is it permissible for an employee who did not receive a retroactive housing allowance, knowing that he is entitled to it, to compensate for that by increasing his overtime work to receive more pay than he actually worked?
What should I do about a defective product that threatens to cause a fire, given that pursuing the matter might lead to the dismissal of an employee who is in dire need of his job?
What is the ruling on creating private designs after official working hours using the computer located in the office?
What is the ruling on obtaining important economic information about competing companies from a government employee who possesses this information, knowing that the employee did not request financial compensation but the company frequently pays him a sum of money?
Is it permissible for the official in charge of shipping goods to keep a sum of money given to him by one of the transportation companies he deals with, which was not agreed upon beforehand nor requested by him?
What is the ruling on remaining in a job where the employee is forced to steal, and what is the legitimate course of action regarding not submitting a resignation and the resulting violations?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on an employee who has completed his legal term for transfer resorting to asking another employee who has not completed his term to sign transfer documents in his name so that the first employee can receive his compensation?