Judicial Review of Minimum Wage Determination in Light of the Court of Administrative Justice Judgments

Fallahzadeh, Ali Mohammad; Khalilvandi Ghodsian, Erfan

doi:10.22034/jlvi.2026.2059294.1374

Judicial Review of Minimum Wage Determination in Light of the Court of Administrative Justice Judgments

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors

Ali Mohammad Fallahzadeh ¹

Erfan Khalilvandi Ghodsian ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

² PhD student in Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jlvi.2026.2059294.1374

Abstract

The research attempts to examine the approaches and scope of judicial review by the Court of Administrative Justice over the determination of minimum wages. The main research question is: which type of judicial approach does the Court adopt in overseeing minimum wage determinations, considering its judicial practice and role within the legal system, and how does it define and protect the concept of minimum wage? Employing qualitative analysis method and data gathered with documentary and library research, the article examines the Court's judgments within a particular theoretical framework. Drawing on the concept of minimum wage and various approaches of judicial review, the paper analyzes how judicial review is exercised and seeks to clarify the Court’s approach in this regard. The findings reveal a degree of instability and incoherence in the Court’s approach to the scope of minimal judicial review, particularly in its attempts to reconcile this limited oversight with varying conceptualizations of wage. Overall, the study seeks to clarify the Court’s role in upholding minimum wage protections.

Keywords

Judicial review

the court of administrative justice

minimum wage

wage determination

remuneration and benefits