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Unified Retirement Law: "A Step Towards Improving Retirees' Lives"

From Education International. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq: The Unified Retirement Law: A step towards improving retirees' lives and creating job opportunities In a significant step towards achieving social justice and equality among retirees, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq […]

Iraqi Govt to Lower Retirement Age

By John Lee. The Iraqi Government has announced a reduction in the retirement age. In a statement, it said: "The Iraqi government is also proposing amending Retirement Law number (9) of 2014 to include:  Reducing the retirement age for all state employees to 60 years, except for those working in the university sector where the […]

New Retirement Law Full of Loopholes

By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On Aug. 31, 2013, Iraqi security forces used force to disperse demonstrations organized by activists and intellectuals in Baghdad and other cities to demand the cancellation of privileges and salaries for MPs […]