Giving Presents to Employees

Q: What is the view regarding the present given out of thank and gratitude by somebody to an employee? It is notable that this employee performed his job without any expectation.

A: In work environment, giving gifts by people is one of the most dangerous acts and the more you avoid it, the more benefit you achieve in this world and the hereafter. Only in one case, it is permissible to receive the gift and that is when the giver insists with urge on giving the present and the employee rejects it but eventually he gives it in one way or another if it is done after the performance of the work without any previous discussion or expectation.