ABOUT SOME INNOVATIONS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE IRANIAN ‎LABOR PROCEDURE

The power imbalance in the worker-employer relationship and the dependence of the worker’s livelihood on the labor makes it necessary to introduce special regulations to govern lawsuits between the parties to this relationship. Article 164 of the Iranian Labor Law puts the Supreme Labor Council and the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare in charge of codifying the special regulations governing the procedures of the boards to hear these claims. The most important regulation currently in effect is the Labor Procedure. This regulation, enacted in 2012, despite its similarities with the civil procedure, contains special principles that could be considered as the innovations of this regulation and whose recognition is essential for the promotion of legal services.