The research of the higher diploma in the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Kirkuk discussed the procedural protection of labor rights within the framework of Iraqi criminal legislation.The research, presented by the student Burhan Salih Abdullah, aims to clarify the position of the Iraqi criminal legislator on the issue of procedural protection of workers' rights, to clarify the concept of the worker and the nature of the worker, and to protect this important group of society through procedural laws, especially the Procedure Code.The research concluded that the legislation varied in defining the concept of the worker, as the administrative meaning of this category is less extensive than the criminal concept of this social segment, and that according to Iraqi Labor Law No. Adjective.