Title: Parliament’s Final Approval Awaited: Landmark Reform for Government Personnel Nears Implementation
In a significant political and administrative development, the long-anticipated “Government Personnel Organization Plan” is poised for its final legislative hurdle, awaiting ratification from the Parliament. This ambitious reform, spearheaded by the legislative body, aims to fundamentally restructure the employment framework within Iran’s state apparatus.
A Push for Inclusion
The drive for the plan’s full implementation has gained considerable momentum. In a recent and notable move, over 10,000 contractual government employees, who have thus far been excluded from the plan’s benefits, have united their voices. Through an open letter addressed to the Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, they have appealed for inclusion.
The letter emphasizes that these personnel, including a significant number from dispute resolution councils across the nation, have served for years with minimal benefits and without the security of stable employment. It argues that their continued exclusion not only undermines their professional and human rights but also risks demoralizing a workforce that currently shoulders a major portion of public service delivery.
A Mandate for Justice and Legal Order
The campaign and the letter explicitly align their demands with the Parliament’s stated principles. The signatories have expressed confidence in the legislature’s “justice-oriented and law-based approach” to systematizing contractual, corporate, and temporary staff. They now await the necessary directives from the Speaker to realize what they describe as their legitimate and rightful expectation.
The Core of the Reform
The Government Personnel Organization Plan represents a cornerstone of administrative reform. Its primary objectives are to enhance job security for thousands and to streamline human resource management by eliminating intermediary companies within state organizations. The plan mandates the phasing out of these corporate structures, transitioning employment to direct contractual and formal statuses with the government.
This restructuring is seen as a critical step toward establishing a more equitable, efficient, and transparent system for public sector employment, fulfilling a key promise of the government’s policy agenda.
