Employer and Employee Rights
865 questions
Is an employee entitled to annual leave and compensation upon dismissal if the employer reduces their wages, and is the amount taken by the employee without the employer's knowledge considered compensation?
Is it permissible to withdraw one's salary from the Saudi National Bank and leave some money in the account to keep it open, given that the employee does not have a choice in the matter?
Is taking money in exchange for expediting the processing of labor transactions at overseas employment agencies, where the money is divided between the intermediary and the employee who completes the transaction, considered a sin?
Am I entitled to claim full end-of-service benefits—including salary and allowances—according to the labor law, given that the signed contract stipulated their calculation based on the basic salary only? Would this be an injustice to the employer?
What is the ruling on selling a service purchased from a third party at a lower price and keeping the difference, knowing that the service is intangible (such as website design)?
Is informing the employer about the manipulation by employees who transferred office transactions for the benefit of another person considered a fitna (strife/discord), and does it entail sin? And am I obligated to inform him?
What is the ruling on group life insurance for which the administration pays the premiums without the employees bearing any part of them, and the insurance company pays a specific grant to the employee's heirs upon death?
Is an employee considered sinful if the employer fails to apply the law regarding the calculation of end-of-service gratuity based on the full wage instead of the basic salary, or is the sin lifted from him for speaking the truth?
Is it permissible for an employee to take payment for repairing devices belonging to the employer or their family, if the employee performs the repair themselves outside of working hours and tells the employer that they sent the devices to a repair shop?
Is it permissible for an employee to take their entitlements, such as travel allowance and accommodation fees, from the employer without his knowledge, given that the state law stipulates the employee's right to that, while it was not included in the contract and the employer later refused to pay them?
Is the housemaid entitled to claim the remaining six salaries, given that the agreement was to hand them over to her upon her return to work? And is it permissible to deduct the costs of the new contract, the return ticket, and the wages of the temporary housemaid if these salaries must be paid?
What should I do as an employee monitoring the case of an injured person in a private company, knowing that the company registered his salary with social insurance at less than his actual salary, which affects the value of his rightful compensation, and if I speak up about his right, I may be harmed?
What is the ruling on a factory sales manager purchasing goods, then selling them to the questioner's company and splitting the profit between them, knowing that the questioner is responsible for purchases in his company, and that the goods are good, needed by his company, and generate a high profit for it?
Is marketing for translation companies as a translator—with forgery in the CV and presenting the work of another translator to the company—considered unlawful (haram), and what is the ruling on the profits earned from that before the questioner became aware of its unlawfulness, and does he bear the sin of those whom he taught this practice?
Is it permissible for an employee to keep the difference in expenses saved from the travel allowance allocated to him, or is that forbidden (haram)? And what must he do if it is forbidden?
Is it permissible to dispose of the remaining amount of the housing allowance, which is 2000 Riyals, knowing that the employer is responsible for providing housing regardless of the cost, and I have moved to less expensive housing?
Is it permissible for a civil engineer working for the city council to offer design and stamping services for engineering drawings outside official working hours for a fee?
Is it permissible for an employee to inform the employer—via an anonymous message—about transgressions occurring in the restaurant, such as workers eating from the restaurant meals designated for customers, leaving during working hours, and their continuous use of mobile phones, knowing that he cannot advise the workers, and would he be sinful if he remained silent?
What is the ruling on money earned from a government job salary for days of absence where attendance was signed by a colleague, and how is the amount that must be disbursed calculated, and what is the best recipient for this money if it cannot be returned to the employer?
What is the ruling on a person being employed by a company, then leaving a friend of his to work in his place without the company's knowledge, and what is the ruling on the salary he receives?
What is the ruling on a female employee traveling with her female colleague and a male colleague for a training course outside the country, paid for by the employer, or with just a male colleague?
Is the commission paid by suppliers to the accounting employee, in exchange for his continued dealings with them and favoring them, considered permissible or impermissible, especially since the employer aims to obtain the lowest prices?
Is it permissible to settle the debts of the deceased from the amount disbursed to his children by his employer, and should the settlement be equally or with the male receiving the share of two females?
What is the ruling on utilizing the call and internet balance provided to employees by their administrative body for personal purposes, knowing that this does not entail any harm or additional cost to the administration?