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Problem Statement
Due to the increasing development of international trade and the free movement of labor and capital in recent decades, new issues and challenges have arisen in this area. In this regard, one of the most important issues is the conflict of laws where a worker and employer are related to more than one country. A worker may, for example, be employed by a foreign company, reside in two different countries, or perform his or her activities in different countries. Among these are transportation workers, international business agents, ship and plane services, as well as situations in which the employee is not working in a specified jurisdiction, such as in high seas installations.
Contrary to conflict rules governing the movement of capital at the international level, conflict rules governing labor are a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, there is a lack of unity of approach among the different legal systems regarding the rules and solutions for resolving the conflict of laws governing employment contracts. Accordingly, Iran's Labor Procedure Act sets forth the rules of Iranian conflict rule applicable to labor relations.
When the labor relationship has an external element, it is necessary to determine the law that governs the dispute. Although the subject of the current research is pervasive, no comprehensive research has been conducted in this area of Iranian law. It is, however, noteworthy that Mahmoud Bagheri and Maryam Dunyaei, in an article titled "Analysis of determining the governing law in international labor contracts based on the duality of exchange and distributive justice", discuss the governing law of labor relations without mentioning any of Iran's relevant laws. Using comparative law studies and focusing on European private law, the authors of this article attempt to analyze this issue and propose appropriate solutions based on Iranian law.
Methodology
This research presents the results of a library study and a descriptive-analytical method based on a library study. A comprehensive evaluation of the physical and electronic authorities in English, French, and Farsi languages has been carried out.
Theoretical Framework
The theoretical framework of this study is grounded in the analysis of the conflict of laws applicable to employment contracts, comparing Iranian law with European :union: (EU) law. The conflict of laws, also known as private international law, addresses which legal system and jurisdiction apply when the legal dispute involves a foreign element. In the context of employment contracts, this becomes crucial as labor mobility increases, especially in multinational enterprises.
This research draws upon the principles and rules of conflict of laws established under both Iranian and EU legal systems. In the EU, the Rome I Regulation provides a comprehensive framework for determining the applicable law, primarily favoring the law chosen by the parties, with safeguards to protect weaker parties like employees. Iranian law, however, attenuates party autonomy and favors prioritizing national law over foreign law, in the relations between Iranian nationals (even across the Iranian borders).
Research Questions
In this article, the main question is how to resolve the problem of determining the conflict rules governing labor relations. As part of this main question, the following sub-questions are posed: (1) How is the domain of conflict rules governing labor relations determined? (2) What role does the party autonomy play in resolving the conflict of laws governing labor relations? (3) What are the conflict resolution rules governing the form of the employment contract and the capacity of the parties to the labor relation? (4) What is the role of mandatory and overriding provisions in labor relations?
Findings and Research Results
The main hypothesis of this article is that the problem of determining the conflict rule governing labor relations, in European law, is solved by referring to the law that governs the labor relationship according to the law determined based on objective factors of attachment stipulated in Article 8 of Rome 1 Regulation 2008. According to Iranian law, the conflict in question is essentially resolved based on the bilateral and multilateral conflict rules provided in Article 13 of the Labor Procedure Law (adopted in 2011).
This article proposes the following sub-hypotheses: (1) the domain of European and Iranian conflict resolution rules is resolved by reference to independent concepts and forum law, respectively. (2) In European law, party autonomy plays an important role in resolving the conflict between various laws governing labor relations, while in Iranian law, party autonomy does not play a significant role in resolving these issues. (3) Under Iranian law, the place of conclusion of an employment contract and the law of the country of the contracting party govern the form of the employment contract and the capacity of the parties to the employment relationship. (4) The parties to a labor relationship must comply with the law of the place where the employment is performed and the law of the forum, regardless of the law governing the relationship.
Considering that in many countries, legal scholars and judges have been responsible for creating rules of private international law, the main result of this study is to provide judicial guidance in resolving claims involving foreign elements through the presentation of new interpretations. The purpose of this research is to guide judges on a variety of issues relating to the conflict of laws governing labor relations.
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