Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is browsing Islamic websites during free time at work considered unlawful (haram), and what is the ruling on sending further inquiries?
What is the ruling on the work of an engineer who pays a portion of his salary to the employer as office rent, and does not receive adequate compensation for overtime hours? And is it permissible for him not to give the employer half of the fees he earns from private work, even though he had agreed to that?
Are the monthly deductions from the salary, with fixed percentages added by the institution, which are then invested and distributed as variable profits, and in the event of a one-time loss, considered usurious interest?
Is it permissible for an employee to take cleaning supplies from his company without the knowledge of his supervisor, under the pretext of not having received his full dues for overtime hours?
Is it permissible to take the surplus amount from the monthly salary to compensate for a previous period of unpaid work, or what should I do with the surplus amount that is difficult to return to the state?
Is it permissible to leave one's current job due to the bias of foreign workers and move to another comfortable job without considering a salary increase?
What is the appropriate course of action toward an employer who exploits employees' needs and gives inadequate pay for the effort exerted, especially after an external work assignment that included long and arduous working hours without sufficient pay or travel allowances being calculated? And is it permissible for an employee to extend their working hours without the employer's knowledge to compensate for their pay?
What is the ruling on the salary paid for performing work tasks if the employee performs the required work perfectly, but utilizes the remaining time for personal matters, such as studying, learning a language, or other activities?
Is it permissible to work overtime elsewhere without the university's knowledge, given that the employment contract stipulates otherwise, and this work does not affect official working hours?
Is it permissible for a pharmacist to take samples of medications that are in excess of need or that will spoil, knowing that they are fit for use and that the company allows these samples to be given to those in need?
What is the ruling on receiving a monthly salary from an insurance company when work is stopped due to illness or lack of job opportunities, given that the company pays the insurance premiums without deducting them from the employee's salary?
What is the ruling on utilizing a house and utilities designated for the father's work (water and electricity) for the family to permanently reside in, and what is the ruling on the children benefiting from that, and do they incur sin if they were the originators of the idea? And is the contract considered valid if this house was obtained from the state?
Is it permissible for my friend to return to work in her home country with her new nationality, while informing employers of that, or is it obligatory for her to resign?
Is it permissible for an employer to obligate his workers with a contract that burdens them with financial costs—such as residency renewal fees and exit and re-entry visas—which violate what is stipulated in the country's labor law?
Is it permissible to request photos of work-related forms from clients due to their unavailability and to avoid writing them out manually?
Is it permissible for me to direct customers of the car dealership where I work to a nearby insurance company in exchange for a commission, knowing that the company I work for does not offer insurance services and its interests will not be affected by this referral?
Is the monthly salary that an employee receives without working after being dismissed from his job and those less qualified than him being promoted lawful or unlawful?
What is the ruling on taking a sum of money from a fictitious employment contract in the wife’s name, given the low salary and the need for money, and is it permissible to give this money as charity if taking it is not permissible?
Is working in a government job that includes long periods without tasks considered forbidden (haram), especially if the manager allows leaving without registering it as leave?
Does an employee's mistakenly taking a paper from a meeting, which resulted in a loss for the employer, constitute theft, and what is its expiation?
Is it permissible to leave one's job and return to Egypt due to the employer's侮辱 of employees in general, and Egyptians in particular, knowing that Allah is the Provider, and that some colleagues advise patience and not taking the insult personally?
Is the money obtained from a fictitious lease contract, where the landlord received the amount from the workplace and then handed it over to the employee without the apartment actually being rented, permissible or forbidden? And how can one dispose of it if there is a doubt about its permissibility?
What is the ruling on a department head in a governmental body signing papers for an interest-based loan (qard ribawi) needed by an employee?
Is an employee sinful if he donates his employer's money without their knowledge, and what is the expiation for that sin?