Jordan

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.

This $700 million agreement is to provide assistance to one million vulnerable Jordanians and refugees.

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.

This Regulation is to organize offices operating in the recruitment of non-Jordanian domestic workers, issued in accordance with Article 10 of Labour Law No. 8 of 1996

This Regulation is to organize the regulation of domestic workers including chefs, and gardeners .

This Decision is on “closed occupations”, restricted occupations, and occupations for workers with specialized skills for non-Jordanians, for the year of 2019.

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.

Jordan and Nepal signed an agreement of cooperation to increase the eployment of Nepalese workers in Jordan, focusing on the responsibilities of both countries in regulating employment and recruitment costs, and upholding the rights of workers, employers and agencies.

This updated 2017-2018 response plan builds upon on the 2016-2018 plan and integrates refugee and resilience responses into one comprehensive vulnerability assessment with a single plan for each sector.

These insurances policies for foreign domestic workers aim to protect employers and provide comprehensive healthcare for domestic workers, building on 2014 regulation that required proof of health and life insurance for domestic workers to obtain work permits.