AMMAN — Some employees who worked for hotels
affiliated with the
Social Security Corporation (SSC) were subjected to
arbitrary dismissal, said Khaled Abu Marjoub, who heads a syndicate of freelance
workers.
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The employees were contracted by hotels whose board
of directors is chaired by the Minister of Labor, noted Abu Marjoub, president
of the General Union of Workers in Public Services and Free Occupations.
He told
Jordan News that he did not have an
exact tally on the number of dismissed workers, “but we believe that it is our
duty to protect any employee who is subjected to arbitrary dismissal, even if
it was only one employee.”
An SSC source said “what is rumored about the
dismissal of a number of employees at some hotels is not true at all.”
The source told
Jordan News on condition of
anonymity that “only two employees have been dismissed for certain reasons,
which necessitated their dismissal.” The source declined to elaborate and no
other details were immediately available.
Abu Marjoub said his syndicate called on “hotels,
represented by the
Ministry of Labor and the SSC, to abide by the provisions of
the Labor Law by paying a minimum wage allowance of JD260, and paying the
annual increases to all employees, equally and without prejudice.”
Additional disbursements include the rise in the
cost of living allowance, which must be “paid to all employees in all hotels at
a rate of JD50 per month, and work to improve the health insurance for other workers,
so that it is at a high level and meets their needs”, he added.
Abu Marjoub noted that “we also demand that there be
job security for employees, as some of them were appointed and dismissed after
only three months.”
He said that a letter was sent to the Minister of
Labor outlining some labor demands “because we know that what happened to the
employees is contrary to the provisions of the
Labor Law and the applicable
defense orders.”
“The case has now turned into a labor dispute, which
must go through certain phases, where, according to the law, arbitrary
dismissal against any employee is currently prohibited,” he said.
“We hope that in the coming days we will be able to
fulfill all the demands of the workers,” he added.
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