State Property: Inflating Overtime Hours and Legitimacy of Extra Payments
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
State Property: Inflating Overtime Hours and Legitimacy of Extra Payments
English:
Question #1959:
An employee works overtime a number of hours every month. Is it permissible for the manager of the department to double the number of hours worked, or give him extra hours, as an incentive? Should there be a problem, what is the view on the overtime money already received in this way?
Answer #1959:
It is not permissible to give false information and receive money for overtime hours that never existed. Any extra money that has been received without entitlement should be returned pro rata. However, should there be regulations allowing the superior to double the overtime hours worked, he can do so. By the same token, the employee can take the money paid for overtime hours approved by his boss.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of State Property