Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is it permissible for an employee to take money from his company to invest it for his own private benefit and keep the profit for himself, on the pretext that the employer does not give him his full rights and makes him work extra hours without compensation?
What is the ruling on banking transactions for a company based on commissions and interest, and what is the ruling on working for it, and the money earned from it, and what is the advice for the employer?
What is the ruling on the money an employee receives from the state in exchange for striking from work, and what is the ruling on striking in Islamic law?
Are funds taken from the manager by stratagem, in exchange for what she unjustly deducted, considered unlawful? What about food and stolen items that were taken surreptitiously? And how can one atone for these actions after repenting from them?
Are we entitled to demand an increase in salaries and leave duration, in line with colleagues, especially since they do the same work?
Does one have the right to claim end-of-service benefits after leaving work for legitimate reasons?
Is it permissible to take the equivalent of two months' salary in exchange for extra effort and time I spent at work without compensation, knowing that the employer promised me this but did not fulfill his promise?
What is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a responsible employee to obtain government housing, which is one of the most basic rights of a citizen, in order to alleviate hardship?
What is the ruling on working as an intermediary between businessmen and an oil company, in a system where procurement representatives demand bribes in exchange for bids, knowing that the intermediary has no influence on decision-making?
Is the earned wage considered unlawful if the employee leaves work for seven hours of his original shift, under the pretext of preparing for an afternoon shift, and he receives payment for these hours, especially given that he sometimes obtains permission to leave for one hour but is actually absent for five hours?
Is a female employee obligated to inform her employer about the theft of a sum of money from the store, knowing that he will have ill suspicions and that she is unable to compensate the amount?
Is an investment company entitled to demand that an employee who has left its employ return the amounts he received as bonuses (production incentives and holiday gifts) during the last six months, even though they were spent on his family, in exchange for receiving his documents to transfer to another job?
Is it permissible for a wife working in a mixed-gender facility, who cannot wait until her retirement date, to agree with the accountant to take half her salary in exchange for her absence from work until her retirement date?
Is what the questioner did—in informing the administration about his manager’s violations, and consequently being fired from his job—considered haram, a disruption of his livelihood, and fitna?
Is the Social Solidarity Fund, to which teachers contribute a monthly amount and receive multiple times that amount at the end of their service, considered a permissible reward, or does it involve an element of usury?
Is it permissible to use the property of one governmental school (such as balls, papers, devices) for another governmental school affiliated with the same municipality, or to take it out and use it outside the town then return it, or to use it personally or lend it to other individuals outside the school framework?
What is the ruling on working in private trade during free time, given that there is a condition in the contract prohibiting working outside the institution with or without pay, and is it permissible despite the company's violation of the contract terms?
Is it permissible to utilize the full value of the mobile phone credit balance, knowing that it exceeds the business's needs, or must one limit it only to what serves the business?
What is the ruling on purchasing a private car for the site from the monthly discounts on the contractor's payments or from the spare parts budget exceeding the need, and registering it in the manager's name, while the manager uses it for personal purposes?
Is it permissible to link the savings amount, which cannot be received until the age of sixty, to gold or any other currency?
Is it permissible to secretly take financial dues from an employer without his knowledge, in exchange for unpaid overtime hours, which he claims are part of the obligatory work?
Is it permissible to raise the rental value of cars designated for transporting company materials in order to pay gratuities to workers, knowing that the company rejects this matter?
Is the salary that the girl received during her leave from work for treatment of her psychological illness permissible or impermissible, given that she remained at home and did not go to the syndicate she had been assigned to?
What is the ruling on using free time for studying during work hours due to tasks being withdrawn from the employee, and is the earned salary lawful or unlawful in this case? Also, what is the best course of action to take with an employer who intentionally harms an employee psychologically and physically?