AMMAN — The Ministry of Labor
excluded Jordan's industrial and
agricultural sectors and domestic workers from
a recent decision to stop recruiting expatriate workers, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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In the domestic market, Hadidi noted, the
presence of a large expat workforce has caused damage to the labor market,
decreased job vacancies available to Jordanians, and increased unemployment.
The decision to stop expat worker
recruitment is in line with the local market’s needs, and will allow the
ministry to regulate and assess the domestic labor market and address
imbalances shown in unemployment figures for Jordanian workers, the ministry’s
Secretary-General Farouk Hadidi said in a press statement on Wednesday.
Hadidi stressed the need to continue
national workforce training programs in coordination with the private sector to
provide job opportunities for Jordanians, qualifying them to compete with Arab
and foreign labor in various sectors.
The ministry, which prioritizes and plays a
key role in the employment of Jordanians, takes measures to curb expat
worker recruitment to this effect, he said.
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