Assessing the desirability and legal possibility of including arbitration in employment contracts in the Iranian legal system

The increase in the volume of cases raised in labor dispute resolution authorities has led to the development of alternative dispute resolution methods. Accordingly, considerable emphasis has been placed on resolving disputes arising from labor relations in international instruments and the laws of some countries. Despite the Iranian legislature's efforts to provide for some alternative methods of resolving labor disputes, arbitration has not been specified. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this study seeks to answer the questions of whether the inclusion of an arbitration clause in the employment contract is necessary and whether such a clause is allowed in the Iranian legal system? According to the findings of the present study, although the Iranian legal system has taken a positive approach to alternative dispute resolution methods, but the inclusion of arbitration in employment contracts in the Iranian legal system, for the reasons that will be addressed in this study, including It can be pointed out that the benefits of arbitration are unfavorable compared to the current method of handling labor disputes, as well as the numerous challenges of referring these disputes to arbitration, especially for workers, without the necessary justification and desirability.