AMMAN —
Logistical impediments and restrictions in recruiting migrant workers during
the
COVID-19 pandemic posed ‘’’significant pressure’’ on hiring factories,
prompting them to overwork their laborers, according to a periodic report by
Better Work program on factories.
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The program,
implemented by the
International Labor Organization in Jordan, said factories
made laborers ‘’work long hours’’, Al-Ghad News reported.
The report’s
outcome, announced Tuesday, was based on an evaluation of 91 factories in
Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) in Jordan. The program noted difficulties in
the hiring process, training schedules and management teams, while many
factories failed to implement plans to improve conditions for their workers.
According to the
report, the pandemic and relevant emergency laws prompted a state of
‘’non-compliance’’.
Two factories with
previous records of non-compliance, specifically related to sexual harassment,
have not improved their status. Surveys for three years showed concern of
sexual harassment among 1 in 5 workers.
With regard to
working conditions, the report said it monitored other aspects, such as
benefits offered to migrant workers, including overtime, annual and sick leave,
food and housing payments. ‘’Non-compliance was relatively low last year,’’ the
report said.
Like in previous
years, non-compliance in the occupational safety and health aspects in
factories recorded the highest rates, the report maintained. But it added,
there was improvement issues related to labor housing, employment protection,
and welfare.
As for forced
labor, the report said the situation improved in many factories across Jordan
in the last 10 years, although several violations were reported last year. That
included unspecified ‘’coercive practices’’ in 3 factories, the confiscation of
workers’ passports by a factory management, the prohibition of migrant workers
to leave the QIZ, and denying workers the right to terminate employment
contracts.
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