Social Security Organization (Iran)
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Social Security Organization (SSO) is a social insurer organization
in Iran
which provides coverage of wage-earners and salaried workers as well as voluntary coverage of self-employed persons. In 1975, the Social Security Law was approved and the SSO was established.
Iran
did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center of the Statistics of Iran estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by social security
. Membership in the social security system for all employees is compulsory.
SSO is a nongovernmental organization and it is solely financed by contributions (with 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. SSO provides the following services:
Civil servants, the regular military
, law enforcement agencies, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s second major military organization, have their own pension systems.
Social insurance
Social insurance is any government-sponsored program with the following four characteristics:* the benefits, eligibility requirements and other aspects of the program are defined by statute;...
in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
which provides coverage of wage-earners and salaried workers as well as voluntary coverage of self-employed persons. In 1975, the Social Security Law was approved and the SSO was established.
Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center of the Statistics of Iran estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by social security
Social security
Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others. Social security may refer to:...
. Membership in the social security system for all employees is compulsory.
SSO is a nongovernmental organization and it is solely financed by contributions (with 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. 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.
Civil servants, the regular military
Military of Iran
The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran include the IRIA and the IRGC and the Police Force .These forces total about 545,000 active personnel . All branches of armed forces fall under the command of General Headquarters of Armed Forces...
, law enforcement agencies, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s second major military organization, have their own pension systems.
Statistics
- Number of insured (18–65 years old): 7.5 million (2005)
- Retirees and beneficiaries: 1.2 million (old age, disabilities and survivors) (2005)
Affiliated institutions
- The Social Security Investment Company (SSIC)
- Sadere Tamin Company (Tile and Ceramic)
- Tamin Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Company
- Tamin Gas and Oil Investment Company
- Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company
- Tamin Nourishment Investment Company
- Pars Hotels Investment Company
- Saba Tamin Company
- Iran Khanesazi Investment Company (housing)
- Refah Bank
- The Tamin ICT & Management Consultancy Service Company
- Social Security Auditing Company
- Social Security Real Estate Agency
- Kar & Tamin Company
- The SSO Milad-e-Salamat Health and Medical Institute
- Hekmat Medical Group Company (ltd.)
See also
- Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)The Ministry of Welfare and Social Security established in 2004 and dissolved in 2011, was an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Social security in Iran.-See also:*Social security in Iran*Health care in Iran*Subsidy reform plan...
- Civil Servants Pension Organization
- Iranian labor law
- BonyadBonyadBonyads are charitable trusts in Iran that play a significant role in Iran's non-petroleum economy, controlling an estimated 20% of Iran's GDP. Exempt from taxes, they have been called "bloated", and "a major weakness of Iran’s economy", and criticized for reaping "huge subsidies from government",...
- Economy of IranEconomy of IranThe economy of Iran is the eighteenth largest in the world by purchasing power parity and according to Iranian officials' claims is going to become the 12th largest by 2015. The economy of Iran is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector and some 50% of the economy centrally planned...
- Healthcare in Iran
- Tehran Stock Exchange