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.i

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

AND ALLAH TA'AALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST

ANSWERED BY: Umar Abdullah Hans 

CHECKED AND APPROVED BY: Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B. 

Islamic Date: ٢٧ جمادى الاخری ١٤٤١ 

English Date: 22 February 2020

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