EghtesdOnline: The Social Security Organization, Iran's biggest pension fund, was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic because on the one hand, a majority of its members work in virus-hit industrial enterprises, services and guilds, and on the other hand, it has to reimburse hospitals and healthcare providers for treatment costs, a deputy cooperatives, labor and social welfare minister said.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 12,860 billion rials ($75 million) have been deposited into the Social Security Organization’s Unemployment Insurance Fund, according to the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.

EghtesadOnline: Representatives of workers and employers will resume talks with Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare officials on a new agreement on the current year’s minimum wage and housing allowance on Wednesday.