Salaries And Bonuses

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We presently employ a person whose package is as follows:

a) Monthly Salary

b)Bonus based on a fixed percentage of the profit of the business

Question:

If the staff wants to work 50% of the hours should he be remunerated

1)50% of the salary

2) Does the staff retain 100% of his bonus or is it reduced to 50%

Please note the (staffs responsibility will not necessarily decrease to 50%)

Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville · Accepted Answer

1) According to Shariah, in these types of employment contracts, the employee will be paid according to a time basis. This reworking of the work hours will be classified as a new contract. The fixing of the salary will be left to the discretion of the employer and employee.

2) The above-mentioned ruling will also apply in the matter of bonuses.

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