Social security for foreign workers ‘should be optional’

AMMAN — The Jordan Farmers Union urged the government to stop requiring farmers to pay 21 percent of the salary expatriate workers to the Social Security Corporation, according to Ammon News.اضافة اعلان

Spokesman for the Jordan Farmers Union Najeh Al-Karaki said on Saturday that the union asks for the social security to be optional, and not mandatory, noting that a farmer who employs 10 guest workers get to pay JD5,500 annually.

The union also called on the government to reduce the fees for work permits from JD420 to JD300 and to issue legislation facilitating bringing in expatriate workers of different nationalities.

Karaki said that the union will carry out a protest in front of the Lower House of Parliament, as of January 30, to push the government to respond to its demands.

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