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in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, the people of iran, my dear compatriots . hello, have a good time. happy eid . may god bless you. well, we are proudly at your service with another higher program, leader. in their recent speeches, the revolution called real competition as one of the pillars of elections, which means that an arena for the entry of different views and opinions regarding the country's issues will be opened, and different groups and factions and currents with different views regarding political and economic issues. socially and culturally enter the field of election competition and compete with each other in this field, well, the higher program on the khabar network has been prepared for this purpose, so that different points of view and views regarding the country's issues can be brought to your attention, so that, god willing, it will be a help for the election . better to choose. in front of the council

islamic, but the issue that we are investigating today is the issue of organizing elections and organizing weekend holidays. it has been more than 10 years that the issue of organizing holidays in our country has been raised since the beginning . there have been supporters and opponents. they say that this holiday is less than the international standards and soft, and some people believe that the reason for the lack of holidays in our country is that the weekend holiday is one day and this day should be increased to two days, but now about this issue that to reach an agreement, the debate is about what should there be days off at the end of the week, should thursdays and fridays of every week be officially closed, or should fridays and saturdays be closed, we will discuss this issue in the presence of two experts in the higher program today , please accompany us. you are very welcome. well

, first of all, i would like to introduce to you the dear guests who worked hard today and came up to the program , mr. seyyed hossein razavipour, an expert . greetings, be healthy . he is an expert in the field of human resources and a university lecturer, and mr. abbas argun is a member of heat. president of tehran chamber of commerce, we are at your service. if you allow, let's talk based on age let's start with mr. argon. mr. argon basically how is your vacation. give an explanation about this issue so that i can enter into the discussion. in the name of god . hello, your excellency. dear guests of the program and dear viewers.

i would like to congratulate you on the subject of the prophet of islam. first , i would like to have an overview of the holidays in different countries. then i will come back and answer your question. please note that our country and djibouti are the only two countries in the world where the holidays end. their week is one day, and in other countries, their weekend holiday is two days this is that our vacations are less than the vacations of other countries. in most countries, their vacations start from 110 days to 129 days, while the average vacation in the world is 119 days.

recently, i heard that even one of the european countries is increasing its holidays to 3 days, but the situation in our country is that our vacations are 78 days a year. on an average of 52 weeks , we have fridays off and 27, 27, 27 and 28 days are national and religious holidays, so our holidays are about 65% compared to the average holidays in the world. that if we come to increase our weekend holiday to two days , it will be almost in line with the world religion, about 125 days , considering that some of our days also fall on thursday and friday , it will be about 125 days, which is also in line with the world pattern it is compatible with the countries of the region and the persian gulf region

. i would like to inform you about the increase of weekend holidays to two days. well, this is a very good measure . the bill has been proposed by the government to the islamic council and has been reviewed by the social commission. priority will be at the end of this month it should be discussed in the public forum. well, these issues are helping to strengthen tourism in the country. well , we have many branches of tourism. we have 16 branches of tourism .

you see what a flood of people to tourist destinations. they want to go, and actually, because this is not explained in a balanced way, during the year , we have a heavy volume of traffic on those days, sometimes we have to stay in traffic for 10 hours for a two-hour route , now see how much energy is lost here , how much gasoline is consumed. and more importantly , the amount of people's time that has no price somehow it's wasted here, thank you, mr. argon. anyway , our discussion today is not unrelated to the situation we've been in for a couple of days, because the exact same thing you're talking about has happened , there's a holiday, and now it's between holidays. it is possible or not , but as you say, the routes to our tourist destinations are full of traffic, mr. rezavipour

, please tell me, some people believe that the increase in vacations reduces productivity, and we, as a country , are progressing and we want to reach that limit anyway. and development standards must we should work more than other countries and now with these conditions we want to take more holidays and we may fall behind that general goal. is it really like this that if the holidays increase, the benefits and the work of the troops will decrease ? greetings, politeness and respect at your service, mr. argon , and at the service of all the dear viewers of this program . regarding the issue raised, we should first see what benefits the increase of holidays from one day to two days can have and what risks

it can create for the country . to be distributed throughout the year. in any case, issues of this kind are of interest, in addition to that, in the general policies of the supreme leader's administrative system, the discussion of the balance between work and life is also emphasized, so it seems that the issue of manpower productivity is more important for the government. there is emphasis on the number of hours of human activity, but we have laws in this field , the civil service management law has determined 44 working hours per week as the number of working hours of government offices, and therefore

, a revision of it requires a change in the law, which mr. argon this is to point out that the law in any case, the bill presented by the government to reduce this amount to about 40 hours is on the agenda for consideration, and god willing, if approved , it will be implemented. now, if we go from 44 hours to 44 to 40 hours , we will have the possibility that the half-day working day on thursday, which our colleagues in the government now go to work in the cities, will be reduced, and in fact, the cities they should have two days off like tehran , they should have two days off like big cities, now there is a debate here whether this will actually lead to exploitation or is it the same. see the rate of 40 hours to 6. for some cities, the fact that the working hours are shorter every

day and at noon, our colleagues in the government can go home in the evening and spend the evening with their families is a disadvantage for many government colleagues in the cities . this position exists and unlike that in tehran and big cities, where the cost of commuting to work is very heavy, the time cost of traffic, etc. by the way, it is advisable to reduce the number of working days and increase the working hours during the day, so it seems to me that the decision on whether to make the holiday two days or not whether this is thursday or saturday , somewhere it goes back to the government's policy in regulating administrative affairs and employment, which according to article 126 of the constitution is the responsibility of the government and the government should be in the board. the government should make a decision in this regard, some issues should be decided nationally, because it is not decided that all

the government agencies and all the economic activists of the country will somehow follow its example and adapt themselves to it, and a part of it should be delegated. to the provincial administrations according to the requirements of the province or the decisions that are made in certain periods such as the peak of electricity consumption in the summer, it is decided there. therefore, it seems to me that it should be limited to determining the same amount of hours and the decision about which day should be closed or whether these working hours should be distributed between days should be entrusted to the government. the institutions are different , the requirements of the provinces are different, and in fact, even a part of this decision can be entrusted to the people in a popular government. i saw a system in the administrative and recruitment organization called the summation system, which made it possible to

make decisions in the administrative and recruitment field. if it is adopted, it will put the organization in that system , the elites of the active people can have their opinion there and actually make a proposal regarding the approval clause. put a summation system, people can comment on it, government employees can comment on it, i think this sanctuary of laws should be respected. you see, we have something in the constitution that says friday is an official holiday, so we can't reconsider it at all. let's take it for granted in the 44 hours rule let's change it to 40 hours. now we can discuss about this. does it reduce or increase productivity? our estimate and the estimate of our colleagues in the judicial and employment organization is

that the 44 hours we have is more than the global standard, and reducing this will help to balance work and life and create a balance between work and life. and the utilization of human resources will increase the performance. now this should really be done by field studies , but in my opinion, this step should be the constitution of the law. and the powers that are assigned to the governors or the heads of the institutions are many thank you, mr. argonu, mr. rezaipour says that we have to make a local decision, that is, the government, now we should grant exemptions for different places. if something like this happens, what you said means that this discussion is about increasing tourism and the benefits that this two-day holiday can have. is it possible or not? i think we should not do this because you see, we had an experience in the past of this discussion. we left the working hours to the government, one day the government will come, a

government from one faction with one intellectual approach will come , the clock said that we should wait for the next government. he pulled back and said, "no, the same as before is good, and the government does not have that stability of procedure , although this happened in the parliament, but the process is a bit longer than the government. i think the parliament itself should discuss and determine the task." and designate friday and saturday as official holidays . if we leave this to the government , we will have more uncertainty in this area, and we will definitely have these two days. it helps to increase the productivity because the spirit of cheerfulness that is created in the employees makes us increase the productivity and makes us social well-being. it will develop more and it is good for the government itself. definitely

, the necessary savings will be made on the government's expenses. in the field of traffic , we will have a reduction in traffic. this is very helpful and a very important point that most countries pay attention to. they are talking about energy consumption, and because of energy consumption, working hours are reduced. well, what happened last summer ? on the topic of energy consumption, this issue is also very influential, so let's talk about working hours we came here and said that the clock has changed and reason has no effect on it, but really, if reason has no effect on it, why did we come this year , we started working hours from 6 am, so it has an effect. now there are other factors that make

us not move the clock forward. is it really true that in this world, these things work like this . sometimes there is a single stereotype based on which he sews. i went to a tailor with bad stitching. i can say that the tailor is bad. from now on, i should go to do silk embroidery, not that tailor. in my opinion, the fact that the government should regulate

is the main thing that we should accept. now, if a government does a bad regulation, the quality of cooking. the government's decision-making was weak in one period, we should not think that all governments will be the same. the current government has taken several measures in order to improve the productivity of human resources, which is really worthy of appreciation and should be paid attention to. one thing that maybe the dear ones in the city are not very involved in is that it is a bit more obvious in tehran that the headquarters are not very client-based and they do the work of the headquarters during their working hours. floated this was an initiative that the government took , in fact it reduced the traffic density during peak traffic hours . the heat is very hot in summer, like

hormozgan, like khuzestan, and it is very effective. reducing energy consumption in the office space, well, these are the events that seem to be the initiatives of the government, and there have been results in these initiatives , and there are other such initiatives of the government to improve the productivity of human resources in the framework of regulation. working hours and it seems that the current government has the will to regulate in some way , well actually. improve the productivity of the human force, so you have to trust a little, maybe in a certain period of maturity, the governance of our governors was not in such a way that they could make proper adjustments and make the best decisions, but it seems that if we have targeted frameworks let's inform the governors and tell them

that you should adjust these frameworks and check those goals later . it would be good if the governors were given the authority to act. that is, mr. rezaipour, i am for i am asking that, for example, it may be closed on friday and saturday in one province , but not on thursday or friday in another province. my point was that a part of the decision should be taken nationally in order to coordinate. now, for example, if we decide that friday and saturday are our days off, we should extend this to the schools, in fact, schools cannot be a model. we have to extend another model to the offices of the banks, and we have to extend it to other places, so a split in a series of decision-making levels must be unavoidable. yes, but on some levels the issue can be delegated to the provinces , i am not saying that we should delegate the whole issue , the government has reached the conclusion that 44 hours will be reduced

to 40 hours, and when it reaches 40 hours, it can reduce these working days to 5 days, 6 days to 5. reduce the number of days. will this happen in all provinces ? will this happen all year round? shouldn't the decision we make for peak electricity consumption in the summer be taken into account ? it must be able to manage the energy deficit during the summer consumption peak to manage the lack of gas in the winter, at the same time to limit the costs, at the same time not to stop the service, it seems that the government should be given the authority to make decisions, just like the government has this authority in the issue of remote work, and from this capacity is used. if the government did not have the authority to work remotely, and

the civil service management law did not give this authority to the government , would we be able to carry out the government's activities without interruption but using the capacity of teleworking? mr. rezami is right. i think the concern of mr. organ and now friends who they agree with mr. argun's opinion that now, for example , this government came, made a decision, made a law and enacted it, then the next government came , it was completely different in terms of the country's executive theft , it made another decision. friends think they say that this instability should have stability. let's see, now more than 90% of countries have holidays on saturday and sunday , and the rest of the countries have friday and saturday . as the second holiday , the official holiday remains the only country in the world that is practically closed on thursday and friday.

how much of the world's economy do we really want to take them with us , or should we take them with us? well, we are also in a situation of sanctions. . i think that if we come , the government should designate thursday as a holiday, and if it is designated, this itself is a self-imposed sanction, that is , we have come to impose an embargo along with the embargoes imposed on us by foreign countries. actually, how much is our communication with the world? 3 the days are getting shorter and the time horizons, if we want to find that common point, nothing will be left, that is, we have sanctioned ourselves. well, now we are members of the eurasian pact, we are brics, we are shanghai, these are our other business partners, either we are working with them or

we want to work with them in the future. we want to develop the activity. if actually, when are these holidays? the holidays are saturday and sunday. well, we are also closed on thursday and friday. is there any chance for cooperation at all? well, we should, as much as possible, ourselves with soft and standards let's match the world. and let's accept the rules and increase that common point and respect the calendar rules that are now in this area so that we can increase those common points of work with the world. if it is friday and saturday , we could definitely reduce this time to a minimum. mr. razipour, those who believe that thursday and friday should be official holidays, what are their justifications and reasons? in the government , i did not hear that the government insists on thursday . now, as the director of human resources of one of the government agencies, i do not see the view of the ruler of the government like this.

i think it is a good thing for the government to mention thursday and friday, for example, friday and saturday, and the government also knows that both the views of rezaipour, my supporters and opponents , are that the decision on whether to close on saturday or not should it be made a legal decision with the help of the parliament nail and should it be extended to the whole country or not? i think it should be done with the experience of the last few years. last year, holidays and reduced working hours caused by electricity consumption and air pollution. and issues like this we have gone through and all this has had a direct effect on the regulation of working hours of government agencies, and we are

seeing its consequences closely in the administrative system. decision-making in the parliament creates stability, but don't we need tactical authority for the government in addition to that stability, so that the government can adjust when necessary and make decisions according to the requirements? he said that the working hours should be long, but since 1986, the civil service management law was actually approved and implemented since 1988. well, we witnessed that remote working was started in this government procedure , it became established, and then it was used in the corona crisis, so the capacity and maturity of the government's approach to human resource management has developed, and the current approach is to increase the productivity of human resources. rajaei this year last year and in his various speeches.

in the field of providing government services , i saw their emphasis on productivity, not on increasing working hours, and this seems to indicate that the government is looking at a balance between work and life for government employees and for the rest of the sector. that to a kind of government should be set up as their own model, so that in fact government employees can provide more productivity with less working hours, and i think that the government. i agree with the idea of ​​two days off , but in my opinion, the authority to regulate this area should still be in the hands of the government. no, i don't agree. the truth is, according to our experience , i don't agree. you see, we will increase our common points in the world as much as we can . we will definitely have more opportunities. we were talking about competing with international actors, so when we are closed. they

are working, so how are we going to compete, how are we going to communicate when they are closed. we are working, well, we must have a point in common , we should not reduce this to three days, that is , we should not be isolated in the world. for 4 days, there is no connection. we want to keep ourselves in sync with world trade. in the discussion of commercial terms, in the discussion of kurdish cards in the banking system, in the discussion of negotiations for buying and selling, business processes . they say that we should worry about it with the government, i might emphasize this is the main issue of the constitution which declared friday as the official holiday of the country

. make a decision, but the violator is actually the principle of 126 hours of work or weekend holidays are important, when the parliament intervenes during working hours, it works once , says that it should move forward, and after a few years, it will get a bachelor's degree . the details will be entered during the weekend holidays , when there was no communication, the official time of cairo is different from the current time. you can see that the discretion of working hours is still in the hands of the government.

did more to be able to control the consumption of electricity, gas consumption and adjust the working hours when necessary , to be able to control the traffic. if you see, we will come and discuss according to the experience we have, we will see the report card, which other departments of the government have been able to act properly in that area, this is our traffic situation, this is our air pollution situation. how many days of air pollution do we have in a year? finally, the government should regulate it.