Social Security Organization

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Social Security Organization
سازمان تامین اجتماعی
Sazman-e Tamin-e Ajtema'i
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Agency overview
Formed1950 [1]
Jurisdiction Islamic Republic of Iran
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Agency executive
Parent agency Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare
Website www.tamin.ir

The Social Security Organization (SSO) is a social insurance organization in Iran which provides coverage of wage-earners and salaried workers as well as voluntary coverage of self-employed persons. In 1975, the laws Social Security Law [2] was approved and the SSO was established. [3]

Contents

Iran did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center for Statistics of Iran [4] estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by social security. [5] Membership in the social security system is compulsory for all employees. [6]

SSO is a non-governmental organization and it is solely financed by contributions (with the participation of insured (7%), employer (20–23%) and government (3%)). [3] [7] [8] Social protection is extended to the self-employed workers, who voluntarily contribute between 12% and 18% of income depending on the protection sought. Civil servants, the regular military, Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's second major military organization, have their own pension systems.

Debt

The government debt for social security is 660000 billion toman in 2023, the government seventh development program changed age of retirement to 65 / 70 years old and required work from 30 years to 40 years. The government offered to sell Qeshm Island, Kisha Island, Khuzestan province. [9] [10] [11]

Services

SSO provides the following services: [12]

  1. Retirement, disability and death;
  2. Unemployment;
  3. Old-age;
  4. Helplessness, loss of caretaker and social vulnerabilities;
  5. Accidents and injuries;
  6. Physical, mental and psychic disability;
  7. Health care and medical insurance;
  8. Protecting mothers especially during the maternity period and child-rearing;
  9. Protecting orphan children and unprotected women;
  10. Planning particular insurance system for widows, old women and self-dependent women;
  11. Poverty and inequity alleviation;
  12. Assistance and rescue.

Early retirement

It is possible people 60 years old and above who have record history of less than 10 year of social security pension insurance payment upon an early retirement program may receive 10 days out of 30 days payment per month. [13]

Statistics

Affiliated institutions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "مدیران عامل سازمان تامین اجتماعی از بدو تاسیس تاکنون" [Managers of the Social Security Organization since its establishment]. Tamin.ir (in Persian). May 14, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "سازمان تامين اجتماعي - Home". www2.tamin.org.ir. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "سازمان تامين اجتماعي - History". www2.tamin.org.ir. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "PUBLICATIONS INFORMATION BASE Statistical Centre of Iran". Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  5. ↑ "Development Progress". World Bank. June 2009. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2009-07-12.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ Rouznameh, Rasmi (November 20, 1990). "Labour Code". International Labour Organization. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  7. ↑ "سازمان تامين اجتماعي - Resources". www2.tamin.org.ir. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2004 - Iran". Ssa.gov. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "مدیرکل بیمه‌های اجتماعی: شاید مجبور شویم خوزستان، قشم و کیش را بفروشیم". Archived from the original on 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  10. ↑ "اتحادیه آزاد کارگران ایران: افزایش سن بازنشستگی «بهره کشی از جنازه کارگران و حقوق بگیران» است". Archived from the original on 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  11. ↑ "انتقاد از تصویب افزایش سن بازنشستگی در ایران در قالب برنامه هفتم توسعه". Archived from the original on 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  12. ↑ "سازمان تامين اجتماعي - Comprehensive Social Security and Welfare System". www2.tamin.org.ir. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "چگونه با کمتر از ۱۰ سال سابقه بیمه‌پردازی، بازنشسته شوید؟ + جزئیات و شرایط". Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  14. 1 2 3 "درباره سازمان تأمین اجتماعی". Tamin.ir. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "سازمان تامين اجتماعي - the SSO Investment Company". www.tehran.sso.ir. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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