Revision of article seven of the labor law based on “job security of workers” – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr news agency, Ali Hossein Raiti Fard, at the educational conference explaining the strategies and goals of the ministry’s labor relations deputy in Mashhad, stated: Article seven of the labor law based on “job security of workers” is being revised, and in this regard, the opinions of social partners have been taken. and Meetings It was held with the Research Center of the Islamic Council and the Presidential Strategic Center, and this legal article is under review.
The Deputy Minister of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare, referring to the decrease in the number of problematic economic enterprises in the country in the field of labor and employer relations, said: the number of problematic enterprises has decreased to 830 cases, which is the result of the efforts of our colleagues in the field of labor relations and unemployment insurance. General Departments of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare.
He added: Razavi Khorasan has 63 problematic enterprises with 8,000 workers and North Khorasan has 9 economic enterprises with 250 workers. Some of these enterprises have unpaid salaries and the remaining problems are being investigated.
Raiti Fard continued: We are currently amending articles of the unemployment insurance law with the presence of social partners, whose amendments and final approvals are in progress so that articles of the labor law and articles of unemployment insurance can be amended as a government bill to the parliament. Islam sent.
The deputy minister of cooperation, labor and social welfare continued by referring to the “labor market monitoring of job protection” section: although the salaries and benefits of employees have increased by 57%, according to the market monitoring conducted by the General Department of Job Protection, unemployment insurance. The proportion of unemployment insurance recipients has decreased so that this number was 240,000 at the end of September last year, but reached 179,000 at the end of September this year.
He pointed to the announcement of the directive on “workplace conciliation” and added: “Any person who objects to the decision of the dispute resolution boards will file a complaint with the Administrative Court of Justice. Therefore, in the field of labor relations, efforts were made to communicate with the Administrative Court of Justice and You can ask them for their opinion practical manual provided that it will not be invalidated by the court.
Raiti Fard stated: The directive of “conciliation within the workshop” that has been announced will help the provinces that do not have a labor organization to take advantage of this capacity to handle cases.
Referring to the intelligentization of the labor inspection system, the deputy of labor relations of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare said: there are many accidents caused by work in the country and our duty is to protect the labor force and human resources of the country, therefore efforts are made to equip labor inspectors with tools, facilities and Be the necessary motivation to implement the work.
He stated that due to the efforts of some provinces, the time for dealing with worker-employer dispute cases has been reduced from 61 days to 31 days, adding that more efforts should be made to minimize the number of cases.
Raiti Fard continued: 32 years have passed since the approval of the labor law, and some say that this law is not implemented well, and if it was implemented well, many people’s concerns would be resolved, and others say that this law is completely labor-related and does not support the employer.