labor
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Iranian Employment Lawyers to Protect Workers’ Rights
Labor laws play a crucial role in safeguarding the rights and well-being of workers. Iranian Employment and labor Lawyers, with their dedication and expertise, stand at the forefront of ensuring…
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Ministry Examines Housing Expenses in Fiscal 2019-20
EghtesadOnline: The Statistics Center of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has reviewed housing expenses of Iranian urban and rural households in the last fiscal year (March…
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Multiple Jobholding on the Rise
EghtesadOnline: The number of people who worked two jobs at the same time rose from 726,000 in the year ending March 2018 to 834,000 in the year ending March 2020, latest data released by the…
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Labor Ministry Official: Jobless Population at 2.4 Million
EghtesadOnline: The population of the unemployed in Iran currently stands at 2.4 million, 40% of whom are university graduates, according to the director general of Employment and Policymaking…
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Labor Ministry Rolls Out New Virus Loans Worth Over $300m
EghtesadOnline: Those engaged in transportation, tourism and handicraft industries, as well as sports and culture and arts will receive a new round of coronavirus loans worth upwards of 80,000…
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Workers Struggling to Make Ends Meet
EghtesadOnline: With current wages, workers run out of money only 10 days into the month, says Ali Aslani, a member of Supreme Labor Council.
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Cooperatives Ministry: Gov’t Debts to SSO Hit $11.2 Billion by March
EghtesadOnline: The government’s debts to the Social Security Organization, Iran's biggest social insurance company that provides coverage to wage-earners and salaried workers as well as self-employed…
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6m Jobs Hit Hard by Virus
EghtesadOnline: The coronavirus has hit hard at an estimated 2.8 million businesses and six million jobs in Iran, according to the director general of Policymaking and Job Department of the Ministry…
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Marked Decline in People Filing for Unemployment Benefits
EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has registered a 94% decrease in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits during the month ending May 20 compared…
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Council Agrees to Double Housing Allowance of Workers
EghtesadOnline: The Supreme Labor Council has agreed to raise workers’ housing allowance from 1 million rials ($5.6) to 3 million rials ($17), the cooperatives, labor and social welfare minister…
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$75m Deposited in Unemployment Insurance Fund
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,…
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Iran Gov't Continues Recruitment Despite Labor Oversupply
EghtesadOnline: Vice President of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Jamshid Ansari says 35,000-40,000 new recruitments will be needed in the current fiscal year (March 2020-21) to meet the…
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Child Laborers Increasing in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare’s Statistics and Strategic Data Center has recently published a special report on child population, literacy and labor in…