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 was approved and the SSO was established.
did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center for Statistics of Iran estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by
social security.
Membership in the social security system is compulsory for all employees.
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%)).
Social protection is extended to the
self-employed workers, who voluntarily contribute between 12% and 18% of income depending on the protection sought.
Civil servant
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
s,
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.
Services
SSO provides the following services:
#Retirement, disability and death;
#Unemployment;
#Old-age;
#Helplessness, loss of caretaker and social vulnerabilities;
#Accidents and injuries;
#Physical, mental and psychic disability;
#Health care and medical insurance;
#Protecting mothers especially during the maternity period and child-rearing;
#Protecting orphan children and unprotected women;
#Planning particular insurance system for widows, old women and self-dependent women;
#Poverty and inequity alleviation;
#Assistance and rescue.
Statistics
*Number of insured (18–65 years old): 12 million (2014)
*Number of whole beneficiaries: 37 million (2014)
*Retirees and beneficiaries: 2 million (old age, disabilities and survivors) (2013)
Affiliated institutions
*The Social Security Investment Company (SSIC aka "SHASTA")
**Sadere Tamin Company (Tile and Ceramic)
**Tamin Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Company
**Tamin Gas and Oil Investment Company
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Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company
**Tamin Nourishment Investment Company
**Pars Hotels Investment Company
**Saba Tamin Company
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RighTel (Telecom)
*Iran Khanesazi Investment Company (housing)
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Refah Bank
Bank Refah Kargaran, also known as Bank Refah (in fa, بانک رفاه, ''Bank Refah''), is one of Iran's major banks. Bank Refah, with its headquarters in Tehran, Iran, is a retail commercial bank owned and controlled by Social Security Organ ...
*The Tamin ICT & Management Consultancy Service Company
*Social Security Auditing Company
*Social Security Real Estate Agency
*Kar & Tamin Company
*
Homa Hotel Group
*The SSO Milad-e-Salamat Health and Medical Institute
*Hekmat Medical Group Company (ltd.)
See also
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Bonyad
Bonyads ( fa, بنیاد "Foundation") are charitable trusts in Iran that play a major role in Iran's non-petroleum economy, controlling an estimated 20% of Iran's GDP, and channeling revenues to groups supporting the Islamic Republic. Exempt f ...
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Civil Servants Pension Organization
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Economy of Iran
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Iranian labor law Iranian labor law describes the rules of employment in Iran. As a still developing country, Iran is considerably behind by international standards. It has failed to ratify the two basic Conventions of the International Labour Organization on free ...
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Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)
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Taxation in Iran
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Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization
References
External links
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U.S. Social Security Administration: Iran's entry(coverage details)
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Society of Iran
Economy of Iran
Ministry of Cooperatives Labour and Social Welfare (Iran)