Employer and Employee Rights
1,089 questions
Is what the employee did—submitting a lease contract with a value higher than the actual value to maintain the housing allowance which he believes is his right—considered Haram (forbidden), and is the money earned from it Haram?
Is Zakat obligatory on a check that cannot be cashed for an end-of-service bonus and delayed salaries, whether immediately, upon receipt, or upon receipt and the passing of a full year (hawl)?
How can one estimate the minutes late for work or the minutes spent outside during working hours in order to purify the money earned, knowing that the employment period is four years and the working hours are eight hours daily?
Is it permissible for an employer to own a healthcare recruitment agency that requires workers to have workers' compensation insurance, general liability insurance, and malpractice insurance?
Is it permissible to eat from spoiled foods that the company has decided to destroy and throw into the trash?
What is the definition of bribery (rishwa) in Islam, and is paying a sum of money to someone who arranges hotel bookings in exchange for giving the passengers to the driver considered bribery? If so, does this amount make the entire income unlawful (haram)?
What is the ruling on a retirement pension obtained through an inaccurate medical report describing "acute psychotic disorder," knowing that its recipient was psychologically exhausted, not ill, and wishes to dispose of it to obtain lawful social assistance? Is this pension considered "ghulul" (unlawful taking from public funds)?
Is it permissible to purchase an apartment for residential purposes from a fund affiliated with one's employer, operating on the principle of Islamic Murabaha, where the fund buys the apartment and then sells it to the employee in installments, with the apartment mortgaged to the fund until the full price is paid?
Is it permissible to charge the company for the taxi fare if less expensive and more arduous public transportation was used?
Is it permissible to receive a hidden payment for performing the work of an absent colleague, which has been entirely imposed upon me without my consent or compensation, especially since the employer does not acknowledge this right and it affects my well-being and my family's life?
Is it permissible to sell mobile phones to customers by installment, knowing that I first buy them from the store for cash then sell them to them by installment?
Is money earned from shipping an extra bag for someone else permissible, knowing that the company allows two bags and covers the cost?
Is it permissible for an employee who works in an appliance repair shop and receives a monthly salary to tell the shop owner that he bought a spare part for a device for a certain amount and take this amount for himself, while he actually repaired the original part and did not buy a new one?
Is it permissible for the wife to use promotional tools (pens, notebooks, watches) belonging to a company her husband works for at home, knowing that the company provides office supplies to her husband, and if it is not permissible, is it permissible to use them if the husband is owed money by the company that has not been returned to him?
What is the method of repentance from ill-gotten money acquired through negligence at work, and how can one dispose of it if it is not currently available, and what is the way to have prayers answered and obtain forgiveness?
Is the price of the tickets that the questioner received from the company, but did not use for travel, considered his right or the company's right?
Is it permissible for an employee, whose employer has failed to provide housing for his family, to rent housing at the employer's expense without his knowledge, given that the nature of the job allows for this?
Is it haram to own free shares in a global oil company – which are feared to deposit money in usurious banks – and sell them immediately?
Is it permissible to benefit from a free airline ticket provided by a friend who works at the airline company, and what should I do if it has already been booked?
What is the ruling on money taken by the questioner from the employer as compensation for a portion of his wages being withheld?
What is the ruling on the money of a father who works in a tourist restaurant and receives a percentage of the profit, a monthly salary, in addition to tips that he distributes to bus drivers by order of the employer, with the knowledge of the tourism company owner, and he himself takes a tip with the knowledge and encouragement of the employer?
Should the employment agency's commission be paid based on the salary agreed upon in the old contract, or on the higher salary after renegotiation, keeping in mind that the agency is unaware of the new salary?
Is it obligatory to donate the entire amount of a bonus mistakenly disbursed, or is it permissible to benefit from part of it and donate the remainder?
Is it permissible for me to take the housing allowance designated for doctors if I own a house and do not pay rent?