Is determining wages regionally effective?/ Sina Yousefi

Basic rights and minimum wage are referred to by the International Labor Organization as a set of rights that an employer is obligated to pay to their employees for work done during a specific period of time, and cannot be reduced by the will of either party or collective agreement. The purpose of this component […]...

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A Look at the Legal and Economic Issues of Contractual Workers in 1403/ Musa Barzin

In 1403, similar to previous years, the minimum wages of workers at various levels increased. We witnessed an increase of almost 35%. However, this amount is not enough to cover the expenses of a normal life, according to many experts. In other words, a citizen who is expected to have a normal life in exchange […]...

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Be careful, workers are sacrificing themselves. / Pedram Tahsini

According to the inflation reported by the Statistical Center of Iran and the Central Bank, we have extracted the monthly cost of living for a family of 3.3 members until the end of Azar month 1402 (December 2023) to be 23 million and 500 thousand tomans. This was stated by Mohsen Bagheri, the deputy head […]...

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People have become the hidden victims of “low wages”/ Hormoz Sharifian.

Investigating the approved minimum wage for workers in 1403, still puts this hard-working spectrum of Iranian society at risk of countless social dangers, the headline of which is “poverty and misery”. This amount of wages, even with the sudden rise of the “dollar price” against the “destroyed national currency” – which intensified even more with […]...

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The Negative Effects of Low Wages on the Mental Health of Workers/ Saghar Rahimi

“Father didn’t give bread, father gave life. He had been absent for a long time; sometimes for temporary and difficult jobs in big cities, sleeping in cars and parks, and sometimes for months-long detentions in prison for protesting low wages, delayed payments, and harsh working conditions that had pushed him to the edge and eventually […]...

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From determining wages around the world to suppressing wages in Iran / Morteza Hamoonian

The impact of minimum wage and its determination methods on various dimensions of countries’ economies is undeniable, and for this reason, different countries deal with this issue in different ways, according to their economic policies. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has a specific definition for “minimum wage.” According to this organization, minimum wage is the […]...

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Governance, the people want poverty / Fariborz Kalantari

Although more than a month has passed since the first days of the year 1403, many workers and employees still do not know exactly how much their monthly salary will be for the new year. In the last days of the year 1402, when the minimum wage for workers was approved with a 35% increase, […]...

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How did retirees and other wage earners spend last year? / Amir Javaheri Langroudi

Let me start my speech with two questions: How did the year 1402 pass for all members of society, including women, teachers, workers in various sectors (services, production, industry, mines, and agriculture), nurses, retired military personnel, steelworkers, social security recipients, and all wage and salary earners? In other words, how did the dual cycle of […]...

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The departure of the workers’ table with the approval of the Supreme Council of Labor / Atafeh Daneshgar

The result of the negotiations between the three groups of representatives from the working society, employers, and the government in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Labor led to a 35.3% increase in the minimum wage for workers. However, the representatives of the workers, who demanded a 42% increase in wages to account for […]...

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“Naghbi on the conflict between censorship and writers in Iran/ Benjamin Abbasi”

“Censorship” is the nightmare of every artist, writer, and thinker. This nightmare is present in the realm of “literature” and is a subject of conflict between Iranian writers and it, which is the topic of this writing. In our country, censorship, deletion, and distortion of the works of artists and intellectuals have been systematically and […]...

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From acting to smuggling/ Negar Jokar

Kolbari and sukhatabari are laborious occupations that a significant percentage of citizens are engaged in due to the lack of suitable and equal job opportunities. Every year, a large number of kolbars and sukhatabars are injured and killed as a result of military shootings, falling from mountains, and freezing in Iran. On the fifth of […]...

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The end of a desired pregnancy; a lost right/ Rezvaneh Mohammadi

In most societies, the decision to end a pregnancy is more influenced by tradition, patriarchy, and the dominant religion of the community than the pregnant person’s own wishes – who carries the embryo in their body. Most Abrahamic religions do not consider women as having an independent identity, and instead, the law and then the […]...

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