The meeting of the Supreme Labor Council/minimum wage will be determined by the end of the year

In an interview with the economic reporter of Fars News Agency, Ayat Asadi said: This evening, the 311th meeting of the Supreme Labor Council was held with the presence of social partners, representatives of workers, employers, the Minister of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare, a representative of the Minister of Economy, a representative of the Minister of Industry and representatives of the National Standard Organization in The meeting of the Ministry of Labor was held, but there was no resolution for next year’s minimum wage.

He added: In order to determine the minimum wage for workers, in addition to the inflation rate until the end of February, it is necessary to determine the livelihood basket of the worker’s household, which has not yet reached the final result, and the specialized wage committee under the Supreme Labor Council has not finalized the livelihood basket figure.

According to the representative of the workers in the Supreme Labor Council, three meetings of the wage committee have been held so far, but the livelihood basket has not been finalized yet.

Esadi also said: In today’s session of the Supreme Labor Council, the employer representatives prepared and presented a report on regional wages, and also a draft was prepared regarding Article 23 of the Labor Procedure, which was decided to be reviewed in the next session of the Supreme Labor Council.

Regarding whether it is possible to implement a regional wage this year, he stated: Considering that there is no infrastructure and no accurate statistics, and that economic stability has not been established in terms of inflation, we do not know what the consequences of the implementation of the regional wage are. In practical terms, it is not possible to implement regional wages.

The representative of the workers in the Supreme Labor Council stated that economic stability must be established in order to maintain the purchasing power of the workers and said: the livelihood basket of the workers has an effective relationship with the inflation situation in the society.

Esadi emphasized: The minimum wage of workers for next year will definitely be determined before the end of this year at the meeting of the Supreme Labor Council.

He said: The minimum wage of workers is one of the important economic components for workers and employers across the country and is known as an influential component.

end of message/