Amendments to Jordan Labor Law included: agencies for recruiting non-Jordanian workers, conditions for employing non-Jordanian workers, definition of sexual harassment, discrimination based on sex, and tightening some penalties in the law

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Article (29): A- An employee has the right to leave his job without notice, while retaining his legal rights to severance pay and compensation for unemployment and damages in one of the following cases:

1- Being employed in a job that is clearly different in nature from the job for which he was agreed upon in the employment contract, provided that the provisions of Article (17) of the Labor Law are taken into account.

In this regard, the provisions of Article (17) of this law shall apply.

2- Employing him in a way that requires him to change his permanent residence, unless the contract stipulates that this is permissible.

3- Transferring him to another job in a lower grade than the one in which he agreed to be employed.

4- Reducing his salary, provided that the provisions of article (14) of this law are observed.

5- If it is proved by a medical report issued by a medical authority that his continued work would endanger his health.

6- If the employer or his representative assaults him during or because of his work by beating, humiliation or any form of sexual assault.

Punishable according to the provisions of the legislation in force.

7- If the employer fails to implement any provision of this law or any regulation issued thereunder, provided that he has received a notice from the competent authority of the Ministry requesting compliance with these provisions.

B- If the Minister finds that the employer or his representative has used violence or any form of sexual assault against the workers employed by him, the Minister may decide to close the establishment for the period he deems appropriate, subject to the provisions of any other legislation in force.

Labour Code, article 97. Decision No. 2022/45 of the Minister of Labour

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Amending the Decision concerning the categories of industries and economic activities in which workers are allowed to establish unions, included agricultural workers in the professions that can join the union of food industries, which is henceforth called the General Union of Water, Agriculture and Food Industries Workers. Domestic workers were also added to the professional categories covered by the Union of General Services and Free Professions.

Amending Instructions for non-Jordanian Domestic Workers Instructions and similar workers in the Aqaba Economic Zone for the year 2020

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The Board of Commissioners approved the amendments regarding Resolution (194) on non-Jordanian domestic workers in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone. The amendments include additions to some articles such as adding “with the presentation of a disease-free certificate from the country of arrival” to Article 3, as well as reformulating some articles.

Jordan Response Plan (JRP) for the Syria Crisis 2018-2020

Date Adopted / Created / Concluded

The Response Plan seeks to address the needs of Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities affected by the crisis by adopting a resilience-based approach that combines short-term humanitarian and longer-term development response, in addition to setting budget needs and fundraising goals for the Government to effectively continue offering support to Syrian refugees.