Working as an employee

Hello Rabbi,

Question 1.

An employee who receives a monthly salary (not a global one) who works on various tasks assigned by the boss.

Let’s say, for example, that according to his boss’s estimate, the average work time on Project X is a month.

If the same employee completed the same project in half a month, is he obligated to inform the boss about it (so that he can work on another project) or is he allowed to cancel during the second half of the month, thinking that since the boss has already allocated a month to that project, he won’t mind if he cancels? Does such cancellation constitute theft? If not, what is he going through, if anything?

Does another employee who is aware of this conduct have an obligation to report to the boss that the employee is allegedly stealing from the boss?

Question 2.

An employee whose “gross” workday is, say, 8 hours – from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., when out of that he works a “net” – minus breaks for refreshment, food, and prayer, with the knowledge and consent of the boss, 6 hours.

Is he allowed to work continuously and finish on the 14th?

Question 3.

Is it permissible for an employer who defrauded his employee and did not pay him a salary increase that he had agreed upon with him? Is it permissible for the employee, without the employer’s knowledge, to charge the employer for overtime in the amount of the increase that was agreed upon with him?

Thanks in advance.