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According to the Mehr correspondent, in 1400, various events took place in the field of work and cooperation, and this report mentions some of the most important news in this year.

April 1400

This month, for the first time, production chain-based microfinance was implemented through the issuance of purchase credit cards with the aim of increasing people’s purchasing power and by certifying equity or subsidy shares, without the need to go to banks.

This month, former Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari signed a joint action plan with his Iraqi counterpart. This joint action plan, developed for 1400 to 1405 and signed by the labor ministers of the two countries, develops joint cooperation in the fields of technical and vocational education, entrepreneurship and employment, labor relations, social welfare and insurance.

May 1400

In 1400, the process of approving and notifying workers’ housing rights took a long time, unlike in previous years; Finally, on May 17, the first vice president announced the payment of 450,000 tomans in housing to the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.

June 1400

Mohammad Shariatmadari, the former Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, in a correspondence with Ishaq Jahangiri, the First Vice President, submitted the “Ranking Bill for Instructors of the Technical and Vocational Education Organization” to the government for approval.

The election of the board of directors of the International Labor Organization for the period (2024-2021) was held on June 15 and the Islamic Republic of Iran became a member of the board of directors of this international organization for the fourth consecutive term with the votes of the member countries of this organization.

July 1400

This month, oil industry contract workers staged widespread protests over the status of their wage payments, which you can read more about here.

August 1400

This month, Mohammad Shariatmadari, the former Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, announced the approval of the payment of government debts to pension funds by transferring shares.

شهریور 1400

Hojjatullah Abdul Maleki was appointed Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.

This month, two agreements on labor and welfare were signed between Iran and Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Summit.

With the approval of the Cabinet, the cost of infertility treatment was covered by basic insurance.

October 1400

Minister of Labor Hojjatullah Abdul Maleki announced that the issuance of licenses for free technical and vocational schools for qualified individuals will be done within a maximum of 3 working days.

November 1400

According to Abdul Maleki, by the end of 1401, 1.8 million jobs will be created in the form of a national employment ecosystem, which you can read more details about here.

The first meeting of the Supreme Employment Council in the 13th government was held on November 27, 1944, chaired by President Seyyed Ibrahim Ra’isi.

آذر ۱۴۶۰

This month, Hamed Forouzan, Director General of International Affairs at the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, announced at a joint meeting of officials from the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare with an EU delegation that more than 50 projects had been submitted to the European Commission. The desire of the European side, we want to work together on it.

This month, a lot of rumors were published about the astrologers of the Ministry of Labor, and finally Behzad Mehrkesh, the media advisor to the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, announced that one of the main gateways for the formation of astronomical and problematic payments was closed; The purchase of coins, gift cards and the approval of a confidential budget were prohibited in any form. This notification can be a model for other devices to fight corruption. So far, 3 people have been fired, investigations are ongoing.

دی 1400

Mehdi Maskani, Deputy Minister of Cooperative Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, announced that with the cooperation of the Cooperative Development Bank and the Investment Guarantee Fund of the Cooperative Sector, a facility credit line of 2,000 billion Tomans was created to support employment.

February 1400

According to the decision of the Supreme Labor Council, the minimum monthly living expenses of workers (subsistence basket) for the year 1401, was set at about 8 million and 979 thousand tomans.

According to the Ministry of Labor, the Home Business System issues about 500 types of licenses, which took three days to issue, and most of the home business licenses have been issued immediately.

March 1400

According to the approval of the Supreme Labor Council, the minimum wage of workers increased by 57.4% and other wage levels by 38% plus 515 thousand Tomans. Accordingly, the minimum wage in 1401 increased from 2 million 655 thousand tomans to 4 million 179 thousand tomans. (More details)

On March 13th, the Minister of Labor Cooperation and Social Welfare announced the Workers’ Wages Circular of 1401, approved by the Supreme Labor Council on March 10th.

This month, the National Labor Monitoring System was unveiled with the aim of improving labor productivity and job stability.

The whistling system of the Ministry of Labor has been launched. According to the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, by launching the “whistling” system, we will follow up on violations and reports of corruption in companies and sub-funds of this ministry.