Question
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%)
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.
Checked and Approved By:
Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
References
الضابط الثاني: حيثما كان المعقود عليه المدة فالاجير خاص و فی هذا ايضا اربعة اوجه: …..الوجه الثالث: ان يذكر فيه المدة اولا ثم الاجرة ثم العمل و علی ذالك فالمعقود عليه هي المدة و الاجير خاص فهذه الاجارة صحيحة بالاتفاق……..(درر الحكام ١-٣/٣٨٥)