AMMAN – The
Labor Observatory warns of the
continued deterioration of working conditions in Jordan, with significant
indications of a decline in globally and locally recognized labor standards and
the abandonment of achievements for the Jordanian state, as reported by Jo24
news.
اضافة اعلان
The report, issued by the J
ordanian Labor Observatory affiliated with the Phoenix Center for Economic Studies, highlights
the expansion of informal and exploitative labor.
The report emphasizes that the expansion of
work in outsourcing companies has significantly weakened labor conditions in
Jordan, even in some major companies that used to provide excellent working
conditions for their employees.
While the report acknowledges that new forms
of work through various applications have provided employment for tens of
thousands of Jordanians, the majority of workers in these fields lack any form
of social protection, not to mention unfair and unjust working conditions.
Need
for reform
The report calls for an end to the weakening
of Jordanian labor standards in both labor and social security laws and
regulations aimed at stimulating the economy and investment at the expense of
deteriorating decent work conditions, especially in the private sector.
The report concludes that Jordan's employment
policies continue to focus primarily on reducing high unemployment rates.
However, these policies do not address the root causes, such as the decline of
the national economy in generating adequate and decent employment opportunities
and the expansion of academic university education at the expense of vocational
and technical education.
Regarding wages, the report notes that minimum
wages in the private sector (currently at 260 Jordanian dinars) and even public
sector wages, particularly the monthly cost of living allowance of 135
Jordanian dinars, have remained stagnant for almost ten years despite a
significant rise in inflation in Jordan over the past decade, reaching around
31 percent.
In terms of social protection, the report
confirms that about half of Jordan's workforce is not covered by social
security and work in unregulated conditions.
The report states that the recent amendments
to the Social Security Law have been regressive and undermine social protection
for young subscribers.
The report emphasizes that most of the
violations that workers face in the labor market result from the lack of
independence of labor unions in Jordan.
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