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30. Can foreign workers be hired for                 ‫ ھﻞ ﯾﻤﻜﻦ ﺗﻮظﯿﻒ ﻋﻤﺎل أﺟﺎﻧﺐ ﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ‬.30
    investment projects? If so, is there a         ‫ ھﻞ ھﻨﺎك‬،‫اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر؟ وإذا ﻛﺎن اﻷﻣﺮ ﻛﺬﻟﻚ‬
    preference given to Iraqi workers or          ‫ﺗﻔﻀﯿﻞ ﻟﻠﻌﻤﺎل اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﯿﯿﻦ أو ﻟﻌﺪد ﻣﻄﻠﻮب ﻣﻦ‬
    a minimum required number of Iraqi
    workers?                                                              ‫اﻟﻌﻤﺎل اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﯿﯿﻦ؟‬

Yes, foreign workers may be hired for                    ‫ ﯾﻤﻜﻦ ﺗﻮظﯿﻒ اﻟﻌﻤﺎل اﻷﺟﺎﻧﺐ ﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ‬،‫ﻧﻌﻢ‬
investment projects, when needed after              ‫اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر ﻋﻨﺪ اﻟﺤﺎﺟﺔ ﺑﻌﺪ إﻋﻄﺎء اﻷوﻟﻮﯾﺔ ﻟﻠﻌﻤﺎل‬
priority is given to Iraqi workers.
                                                                                        .‫اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﯿﯿﻦ‬
However, if an investment license is
granted for a project, at least 50% of the          ‫ﻟﻜﻦ إذا ُﻣﻨﺤﺖ إﺟﺎزة إﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر ﻟﻤﺸﺮوع ﻓﻼﺑﺪ أن‬
project’s workers must be Iraqi nationals,        ‫ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﺎﺋﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻷﻗﻞ ﻣﻦ ﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﻤﺸﺮوع‬50 ‫ﯾﻜﻮن‬
according to the National Investment
Regulation No. 2 of 2009.                               ‫ وذﻟﻚ ﺣﺴﺐ ﻧﻈﺎم‬،‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﻮاطﻨﯿﻦ اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﯿﯿﻦ‬
                                                            .2009 ‫ ﻟﺴﻨﺔ‬2 ‫اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﻲ رﻗﻢ‬
See “Employment and Labor
Requirements” in Section III of the Legal             ‫أﻧﻈﺮ "ﻣﺘﻄﻠﺒﺎت اﻟﺘﻮظﯿﻒ واﻟﻌﻤﺎﻟﺔ" اﻟﺠﺰء‬
Guide for relevant investor guarantees and        ‫ ﻟﻺطﻼع ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺸﺮوط‬3 ‫اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﺴﻢ رﻗﻢ‬
obligations related to managing their
workforce.                                           ‫اﻟﻤﺘﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻀﻤﺎﻧﺎت اﻟﻤﻘ ّﺪﻣﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮﯾﻦ ﻣﻦ‬
                                                                       .‫ﺣﯿﺚ إدارة اﻟﻘﻮة اﻟﻌﺎﻣﻠﺔ‬
31. What is the average annual wage rate
    and minimum wage for the local                  ‫ ﻣﺎ ھﻮ ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻂ ﻣﻌﺪل اﻷﺟﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي واﻟﺤﺪ اﻷدﻧﻰ‬.31
    labor force?                                                     ‫ﻟﻸﺟﻮر ﻟﻠﻘﻮة اﻟﻌﺎﻣﻠﺔ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﯿﺔ؟‬

Average daily wage rate, for example in the       ‫ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻂ اﻷﺟﺮ اﻟﯿﻮﻣﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﺒﻨﺎء واﻟﺘﺸﯿﯿﺪ ﻋﻠﻰ‬
construction sector (in 2013):
Skilled: IQD 63,733                                          :(2013) ‫ﺳﺒﯿﻞ اﻟﻤﺜﺎل‬
Semi-Skilled: IQD 32,533
Unskilled: IQD 24,800                             ‫ ﻣﺎھﺮة‬IQD 63,733

See Central Organization for Statistics and       ‫ﺷﺒﮫ ﻣﺎھﺮة‬  IQD 32,533
Information Technology (COSIT), Ministry
of Planning, available at                         ‫ﻏﯿﺮ ﻣﺎھﺮة‬  IQD 24,800
www.cosit.gov.iq/en.
                                                  ‫أﻧﻈﺮ اﻟﺠﮭﺎز اﻟﻤﺮﻛﺰي ﻟﻺﺣﺼﺎء وﺗﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﯿﺎ‬
Minimum wage for an unskilled worker in                          .‫اﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت ﺑﻮزارة اﻟﺘﺨﻄﯿﻂ‬
the private sector: IQD 250,000/ month (as
of July 2015).                                                    .www.cosit.gov.iq/en

                                                  ‫اﻟﺤﺪ اﻷدﻧﻲ ﻟﻠﻌﺎﻣﻞ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻤﺎھﺮ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘﻄﺎع اﻟﺨﺎص‬
                                                  .(2015 ‫ )ﻓﻲ ﯾﻮﻟﯿﻮ‬.ً‫ أﻟﻒ دﯾﻨﺎر ﻋﺮاﻗﻲ ﺷﮭﺮﯾﺎ‬250

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