The fine for employing unauthorized foreign nationals has been set at approximately 1 million tomans per day.
The fine for employing unauthorized foreign nationals has been set at approximately 1 million tomans per day. The General Directorate of Employment of Foreign Nationals of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, through a circular, determined the new fine amount for employers who use the services of unauthorized foreign nationals without a work permit at about 12 million tomans per day.
The easy presence and employment of foreign nationals in Iran, especially nationals of Afghanistan, is a problem that has become an undeniable reality and a serious issue in the country’s labor market for several decades, to the extent that Iranian workers believe that employers hire foreign labor to make their working conditions easier.
According to labor law, foreign nationals who do not have a work permit, temporary work permit, or temporary work card are not allowed to work in the country, and if employed, their employer is considered an offender and will be subject to a fine.
Based on this circular, pursuant to clause C of Article 11 of the Law on Regulating Part of the Government’s Financial Regulations and based on the recent resolution of the Supreme Labor Council regarding the determination of the minimum daily wage in the year 1403, the fine for employers who use the services of unauthorized foreign nationals without a work permit for each day of unauthorized employment is set at 11,943,640 rials, and in case of repeat offenses, this amount will be doubled.
