AMMAN – Mohammad Al-Zyoud, spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor (MoL), revealed on Wednesday that the number of child labor cases
detected in 2023 has reached 507, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
While conducting inspections throughout the Kingdom, the
ministry issued 242 violations and 259 cautions to employers who hired children
in breach of Law No. 8 of 1996.
The ministry receives child labor rights complaints via
Hemayeh and the ministry's website. In 2023, the ministry dealt with 126
complaints and allegations against child labor.
In 2024, the MoL's Child Labor and Workplace Nursery at
the Central Inspection Directorate will work to increase the number of
campaigns and inspection visits to private sector establishments across various
sectors and economic activities to ensure that no children are employed. In
addition, the ministry will hold community and parent education sessions in
schools to raise awareness about the dangers of child labor.
Regarding institutional nurseries and alternatives, Zyoud
stated that inspection teams visited 1,419 enterprises from diverse sectors and
economic activities last year to guarantee compliance with Article 72 of Law
No. 8 of 1996 and its revisions. The article requires employers who employ a
group of workers in one location and have at least fifteen children under the
age of five to offer an appropriate environment under the supervision of one or
more competent caregivers. The article also permits employers to help develop
acceptable alternatives within a certain geographical area.
The ministry's activities include tackling institutional
nurseries and providing appropriate alternatives to ensure children's safety
and compliance with labor rules.
The instructions for institutional nursery options for the
year 2023, given under Article (72) (b) of the Labor Law, specify the following
alternatives:
- Employers can contract with various nurseries in different areas, allowing employees to select the most suited alternative.
- Employees
can contract with their preferred childcare, with employers bearing the
financial costs for each child. The contribution fluctuates depending on
the worker's monthly wage:
● JD30
per month for employees earning more than JD500.
● JD40
per month for those earning between JD300 and JD500.
● JD50
per month for those earning JD300 or less.
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Zyoud stressed that the MoL is committed to auditing enterprises
in various sectors and economic activities to ensure compliance with providing
nurseries at work or implementing nursery alternatives. Furthermore, the
ministry has begun renovating a nursery within its main building to provide
better services for employee child care and increase women's economic
involvement. This nursery is intended to serve as an example for other
institutions.
Furthermore, during the current fiscal year 2024, the ministry
is increasing inspections of private sector companies to ensure compliance with
supplying nurseries or adopting nursery alternatives. The ministry is also
partnering with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) to create a joint
electronic link for institutional nurseries.
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