AMMAN — The
Jordan Labor Watch, affiliated with the
Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies, deplored the government’s
decision to abolish the Ministry of Labor and transfer its tasks to several
other ministries, stressing that the consequences of such a decision would be
“disastrous” for all parties: the labor market, workers, employers, and trade
unions, Jo24 reported.
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In a statement
on Monday, the center asserted that abolishing such a key ministry reflects a
change in the direction and choices of economic policies that is completely
anti-social.
The statement
stressed that the abolition of the
Labor Ministry would certainly weaken the
already weak working conditions of the majority of laborers in Jordan. It added
that the decision can only be understood as a new way of undermining of labor
market policies and an attempt to weaken the country’s social protection network,
which the government says it is trying to strengthen.
The statement pointed out that the abolition of the Labor Ministry came
after many years of attempting to weaken it, and will result in the weakening
of the inspection system and the organization of the labor market, as the
ministry oversees the implementation of dozens of regulations.
The decision,
the statement said, will create a major legislative problem related to the
amendment of dozens of laws and regulations, “which will lead to legislative confusion
that will need many years to overcome”.
The abolition of
the Labor Ministry, the statement said, comes not long after the launch of the
Economic Modernization Vision, which is mainly based on two strategic pillars —
strengthening the economy by unleashing the full economic potential through
qualitative leaps in economic growth and creating job opportunities during the
next decade, together with a continuous growth of citizens’ income; and
improving the quality of life for all citizens — and the step may significantly
weaken the ability to achieve these goals.
The statement
called for preserving the ministry and enhancing its role in and ability to
regulate the labor market and protect labor rights, as imposing and maintaining
decent work standards strengthens economy and investment.
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