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Agricultural Labour Act (03/07/1353)

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First Region

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Agriculture workers
1934-10-12
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Regulates employment in agriculture. Defines agricultural work. Establishes that agricultural labour contracts may be verbal or written. Does not apply the act to state employees or blood relatives of the employer. Governs salaries and wages. Establishes that wages are to be paid in accordance to the labour contract, with the last payment to be made no later than the date of expiration of the contract. Legislates that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is to set minimum wages for agricultural workers in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources as well as the Ministry of Cooperative Activities and Handicrafts. Establishes equal wages for male and female workers. States that wages are to be paid before all other debts of an employer. Governs labour contracts. States that contracts are not to violate regulations made in the act. Provides for a thirty-day notice before the dissolution of contracts. Regulates the termination of employment. Establishes the Supreme Agricultural Labour Council in order to make agricultural labour regulations. Sets the composition of the council. Prohibits the employment of children under the age of twelve in the agricultural sector.

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    13 p.