Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Middleman Withholding Part of Workers’ Wages

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Middleman Withholding Part of Workers’ Wages

English:

Question #1628:

An employer pays a middleman the wages of his workers. The middleman pays them less than what he receives from the employer. What is the view on such a practice?

Answer #1628:

The middleman — if he did so as an agent for the employer — has to return to the employer the extra amount he did not pay to the workers. It is not permissible for him to use the money unless he knows for sure that [the employer] does not mind.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Hiring, Renting, and Lease