Employer and Employee Rights

1,089 questions

Is it permissible to fake a fictitious job offer in order to get a salary increase?
Does a government employee absolve himself from liability for negligence in his work by depositing an equivalent amount into a "discharging liability" account, and how does this affect his retirement pension?
Is it permissible for an employer to cancel employees' official holidays because they conflict with Islamic Sharia, or to agree with them to cancel them, and does this ruling apply to Muslims and non-Muslims alike?
Am I entitled to keep the laptop given to me by the company instead of the salary I did not receive?
Is it permissible to obtain a fictitious invoice for a large sum to stay in a luxurious hotel, while I will be staying in a modest hotel?
Should I do something about a staff member using private or public paper to photocopy a university document?
Is it permissible for an employee to receive a commission from tenants in exchange for an amount that the company refused to disburse to him, with the possibility of returning it to the company later?
What is the ruling on an employee entering attendance codes for employees who were not present for work, based on written attendance sheets?
What is the ruling on being absent from work with the direct supervisor's knowledge, while receiving a salary, given that the institution is shut down, the residence is far, and transportation costs are exorbitant, and is the money earned considered unlawful gain?
Is it permissible for a storekeeper to take money allocated for hiring loading workers if he performs the loading himself and informs the entity that he hired workers?
Is the cessation of work and the suspension of employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic considered force majeure, and does this affect the validity of employment contracts and salaries, and is the suspension of salary contingent upon the employer's stipulation of that in the contract, and is there any entity obligated to compensate employees or employers?
Is it permissible for me to perform ablution after finishing work using water from the workplace?
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?
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?
Is it permissible to take money from a driver who breached the contract by not committing to work as a driver and instead went to work in a restaurant, thereby exposing the sponsor to legal accountability?
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 an internal agreement with the property owner to raise the rent value in the contract for the employer to benefit from service bill allowances, in exchange for the owner undertaking to pay the bills, and what are the consequences for someone who has done so previously?
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 it necessary to inform the contractor when a worker undertakes private work for the engineer who was responsible for the building, or does the worker have the right to choose?
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?
What is the ruling on unintentionally damaging something at work and recording it as used to prevent harm to colleagues, and is expiation due upon me?

Employer and Employee Rights

Is it permissible to fake a fictitious job offer in order to get a salary increase?

Does a government employee absolve himself from liability for negligence in his work by depositing an equivalent amount into a "discharging liability" account, and how does this affect his retirement pension?

Is it permissible for an employer to cancel employees' official holidays because they conflict with Islamic Sharia, or to agree with them to cancel them, and does this ruling apply to Muslims and non-Muslims alike?

Am I entitled to keep the laptop given to me by the company instead of the salary I did not receive?

Is it permissible to obtain a fictitious invoice for a large sum to stay in a luxurious hotel, while I will be staying in a modest hotel?

Should I do something about a staff member using private or public paper to photocopy a university document?

Is it permissible for an employee to receive a commission from tenants in exchange for an amount that the company refused to disburse to him, with the possibility of returning it to the company later?

What is the ruling on an employee entering attendance codes for employees who were not present for work, based on written attendance sheets?

What is the ruling on being absent from work with the direct supervisor's knowledge, while receiving a salary, given that the institution is shut down, the residence is far, and transportation costs are exorbitant, and is the money earned considered unlawful gain?

Is it permissible for a storekeeper to take money allocated for hiring loading workers if he performs the loading himself and informs the entity that he hired workers?

Is it permissible for me to perform ablution after finishing work using water from the workplace?

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?

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?

Is it permissible to take money from a driver who breached the contract by not committing to work as a driver and instead went to work in a restaurant, thereby exposing the sponsor to legal accountability?

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 an internal agreement with the property owner to raise the rent value in the contract for the employer to benefit from service bill allowances, in exchange for the owner undertaking to pay the bills, and what are the consequences for someone who has done so previously?

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 it necessary to inform the contractor when a worker undertakes private work for the engineer who was responsible for the building, or does the worker have the right to choose?

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?

What is the ruling on unintentionally damaging something at work and recording it as used to prevent harm to colleagues, and is expiation due upon me?