A domestic worker worked for ten days and then ran away; is she entitled to the wages for the days she worked?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman had a domestic worker who was working under her sponsorship. The worker had been with her for a period of time and was receiving her salary every month. Then she worked for ten days and ran away, and the sponsor could not find her. The question is: what should the sponsor do?

Answer:
Regarding the worker's wages for the ten days, should she give them in charity on her behalf, or does the worker not have a right to them because she ran away before completing the work? If she worked even one day, she is entitled to her wages. However, the sponsor should wait, perhaps she will come, or perhaps she will claim her right. Do not rush. If she fears forgetting, she should write it down. She should write: "The domestic worker, so-and-so, of such-and-such nationality, is owed wages for ten days, twenty days." Write it down. Yes.