An invitation to participate with the character of social security

7/15/2015 0:00



Vote on labor law after the Eid holiday
BAGHDAD - Shaima Rashid

According to the Labour and Social Affairs in the House of Representatives that the labor law agreed and will be voted on in the coming sessions after the Eid al-Fitr, an advocate with trades and professions to subscribe to the social security law to ensure the rights of pension.

Said committee member Zainab Sahlani "morning": that people with professions and trades own are covered by the law of Security and Labour No. 39 of 1971, afterthought, "but the problem is they do not apply for the Chambers of security in each province for the purpose of bringing them to this law, because of that there in payment of subscriptions for monthly circles Guarantee and such contributions in the event of arrival retirement age pension salaries given to them, "indicating that the process of paying subscriptions are optional for anyone who wants to participate to include security and who does not want it is up to him.

He attributed the reluctance to this matter to the ignorance of the law leads to the loss of their rights, calling on the media to play a role in creating a culture of workers 'rights guarantee for the private sector and with crafts and workers in the private sector projects, accusing the workers' circles and the General Federation of Trade Unions of failing due to lack of follow-up of the order and educating workers their rights to retirement security.

It noted Sahlani omit the Ministry of Finance to ensure workers fund benefits disbursed according to the Unified Retirement Law of 2014, which provided for increased pensions for workers in the state, whether they are on the permanent staffing or in the private sector.

As for the labor law, it has confirmed the absence of problematic hampered and that the presentation and voted on in Parliament will be in the coming sessions after the Eid al-Fitr, indicating that all proposals made by the International Labour Organization and the unions and by the members of parliament, committees and other taken into account was annexed for the project, saying that the law prohibits the employment of workers under 15 event, which was the former regime may leave.

In turn, said committee member Huda carpets in a press statement that "Iraq's new labor law would be fair to the workers and the employers, and similar to what exists in developed countries", adding that the law prepared by the Commission will increase the rush of people towards work in the private sector.

She noted that the most prominent carpet to what would be included in the law to form a special court to deal with labor issues, and the fairness factor and employers alike.

And the suffering of workers in Iraq from poor living conditions and low salaries pensions, and the withholding of all increases in their peers pensions, is that contrary to the provisions of the permanent Iraqi constitution, which guarantees and ensures the rights of all Iraqis on the basis of justice and equality and equity without discrimination.


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