All news: Jordan

ILO: Apprenticeships can be a route to decent work for Arab youth

Regional seminar brings together employer, worker and government representatives to upgrade apprenticeship systems in the Arab states.

Collective Bargaining Agreement signed for Jordanian Apparel Sector

A sector-wide agreement between employers associations and the garment union signed in Jordan.

Equal pay

Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change

The International Labour Organization is working with the Jordanian government and its social partners to help narrow the pay gap between men and women.

Jordan examines ways to improve work permits for migrant workers in the construction sector

The ILO hosts a meeting of key stakeholders to improve regulation of work permits in Jordan’s construction sector

Jordan: Legal reforms can close gender pay gap in private education sector

Stark pay gap in the education sector must be addressed through legal reforms, according to National Steering Committee on Pay Equity (NSCPE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Meeting to unveil findings on gender pay gap in Jordan

Launching of a study on the gender pay gap in Jordan’s private schools and universities, as well as a review of the legal amendments needed to tackle the wage inequity in Jordan.

Jordan moves to prevent fire risks in factories and dormitories

As part of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Better Work Jordan will hold meeting of key stakeholders to discuss fire risks at factories and migrant dormitories and ways to prevent them.

Better Work Jordan hosts International Buyers' Forum for the Garment Industry

The International Labour Organization hosts a meeting of key stakeholders in the garment industry to work towards consensus on key issues related to working conditions.

Jordan adopts policy to tackle HIV and AIDS at work, a first in the Arab region

National policy aims to end stigma and discrimination against workers living with HIV and to protect their rights at work.

ILO and UNDP to hold national consultation on Jordan’s post 2015 Development Agenda and Economic Growth

The International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme will hold a consultation workshop on the findings of the report Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies in light of progress...

Jordan law enforcement officials train to combat forced labour and human trafficking

Jordanian law enforcement officials are attending a pilot training programme organised by the ILO in Amman from February 18-20, 2013 to better identify, investigate and respond to cases of forced labour and human trafficking.

Worker’s rights

Migrant workers in Jordan are making their voices heard

As the world marks International Migrants Day on December 18, ILO News looks at the impact of legislation allowing migrant workers in Jordan to join trade unions.

National Conference on Establishment of a Social Protection Floor in Jordan

The International Labour Organization and the Social Security Corporation in Jordan organized in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO a national conference on the establishment of a social protection floor in Jordan on Tuesday May 29, 2012, in Amman.

National Conference on Establishment of a Social Protection Floor in Jordan

TA one-day tripartite national conference on the establishment of a social protection floor in Jordan will be organized jointly by the International Labour Organization and the Jordanian Social Security Corporation, in collaboration with UNICEF and...

National Consultation on Youth Employment in Jordan

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) organized a national consultation on youth employment in Jordan on Thursday 19 April 2012, in a bid to map out current activities, and identify potential...

National Consultation on Youth Employment in Jordan

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be organizing a national consultation on youth employment in Amman on Thursday 19 April 2012 at the ECOSOC premises (Shmeisani), in a bid to map out...

Launching of Jordan Decent Work Country Programme and Moving Towards a Child Labour Free Jordan Project

The International Labour Organization (ILO) through its Regional Office for Arab States is launching the second Decent Work Country Programme for Jordan through an official ceremony on Sunday 11 March 2012 at the Landmark Hotel in Amman

Workshop on Developing a national policy on HIV and AIDS andthe World of Work in Jordan

ILO is organizing a workshop on Developing a national policy on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in Jordan from 17-19 December 2011 at the Landmark Hotel in Amman, Jordan.

Feature

From Architect to Street Vendor: Discrimination at work against Persons Living with HIV in the Arab States

Most Arab States do not have coherent national policies and laws designed to deal with HIV and AIDS in the workplace. They thus lack the means to prevent discrimination at work against nearly half a million of people living with HIV in the region....

Enabling a national workplace response to HIV/AIDS in Jordan

Ensuring fundamental rights at work and social protection for workers and job seekers living with HIV and AIDS and protecting them against discrimination are the subjects of two workshops to be held in Amman and Aqaba on November 15 and 17.