All resources: Jordan

Sectoral collective bargaining – Learning from the experience in the Jordanian garment sector

The ILO Garment Industry Project focuses on improving labour relations in the Myanmar garment industry. The project has developed and is delivering a thorough 20 days training programme on social dialogue, including collective bargaining, for...

Media advisory

ILO assesses impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers

ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)

ILO in Jordan launches campaign on the right to a workplace free from violence and harassment

The social media campaign aims to drum up support for legislation protecting the right of women and men to a world of work free from violence and harassment.

Better Work Jordan and IFC join forces to tackle gender-based violence in Jordan’s garment sector

A new programme will support national stakeholders in addressing gender-based violence.

First Conversation Domestic Workers Concept Note

Concept note of Conversations on Working in Freedom

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

ILO supports Jordan’s agricultural sector during COVID-19 pandemic

As part of its COVID-19 response in Jordan, the ILO is working with labour committees and farm owners to raise awareness and protect agricultural workers.

COVID-19 and child labour

COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.

World Day Against Child Labour – responding to COVID-19 in the Arab States

On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO in the Arab States sheds light on key projects addressing child labour in the region, and measures taken in some countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff List: Better Work Jordan (Phase III)

Better Work Jordan - Publications

Jordan’s Ministry of Labour and the ILO strengthen collaboration to support decent work in agriculture

A new Memorandum of Understanding will see the establishment of employment support offices to boost decent work opportunities in the agricultural sector.

Policy brief on policies related to migrants and unemployment in times of crisis

The purpose of this policy brief is to explain influence of misperceptions during times of economic crisis, on public discourse on migration and employment and recommend laws, policies and practices to overcome these misperceptions.

Difficulties in obtaining e-wallet financial accounts could jeapardize workers’ wages

Online poll by the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the International Labour Organization show that 58% of males and 57% of females could not create e-wallet financial accounts. Yet such accounts are key to wage protection.

Worker Centres from a Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Lens

The purpose of this paper is to explain how a worker centre can also perform functions that support fundamental principles and rights at work. The paper draws on the experience of the ILO’s Work in Freedom programme in supporting worker centres in...

COVID-19 and EIIP Jordan

Distribution of ATM cards to EIIP workers in Jordan ensures salary payments are not disrupted

Efforts to support workers employed in Jordan’s EIIP ensure much-needed salaries are paid during COVID-19 lockdown.

Workers’ groups play crucial role in keeping farm workers safe in Jordan

A number of labour committees in Jordan, set up with the support of the ILO, have been raising awareness among farm workers on the dangers of COVID-19 and ensuring appropriate measures are in place to protect workers from infection.

PowerPoint document for the Municipal Services and Social Resilience Project (MSSRP) in Jordan

ILO presents labour-intensive public works in Jordan

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Impact of COVID -19 on vulnerable workers in Jordan

ILO assessment highlights vulnerabilities of informally employed workers as a result of lockdown measures aimed to contain the COVID-19 virus in Jordan.

Facing Double Crises: Rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable workers in Jordan

The current report has been developed by the ILO, in collaboration with the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research (Fafo), and focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in the Jordanian labour market, including...