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Arab TV - Jordan fell to 34th place globally and sixth in the Arab world, according to the annual global unemployment rate index for human development for the year 2021 issued by the United Nations.

Roya Channel - Hamada Abu Najma, head of the Beit Al-Ummal Center for Studies, said on Sunday that a large number of workers in the agricultural sector are still not registered with social security.

Khabarni - The media spokesman for Social Security, Shaman Al-Majali, said that the institution agrees with the Workers’ House on the necessity of including workers in the agricultural sector under the umbrella of social security, and that there is nothing preventing workers in agricultural holdings from being included in all insurances.

Roya Channel - Director of the Workers’ House Center, Hamada Abu Najma, said on Wednesday that there is a problem in the methodology of dealing with university education by citizens and their families, and a kind of “randomness” in choosing majors for study in universities, and this also coincides with the absence of community guidance and counseling by the authorities. Concerned with the state.

Jordan News - “Stand up with the Teacher” campaign coordinator Nariman Al-Shawaheen feels that a measure of justice was made, if attributed, to teacher Ruba, who, while eight months pregnant, died in March for lack of healthcare insurance.

Al-Rai newspaper - On the edge of the sidewalks and roads, day laborers sit every day waiting for their employers’ cars to transport them to their workplaces, so they begin toiling from the early morning hours until the evening.

Al-Ghad newspaper - The amendments to the Labor Law for the year 2020 were reinserted on the agenda of the special session of the National Assembly. Civil society organizations, labor experts, and human rights activists called for the complete withdrawal of the law and the reopening of all its articles for discussion, as they stressed that the articles proposed for amendment “are not sufficient, and will not address the other imbalances that arise.” must be covered by law).

Al-Dustour Newspaper - The Coalition Against Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, which consists of a group of civil society organizations, labor activists, and human rights activists, demanded that work be done to develop and reform the labor law in a way that supports the needs of trade unions, and facilitates registration and conditions that regulate their work and activity.

Al-Ghad newspaper - The “ghost of deportation” threatens to deprive two Jordanian children under the age of five from the embrace of their Arab mother, for life, under the pretext of violating work instructions for non-Jordanians.

Roya News - Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Al-Khasawneh said that the investigation team into the Aqaba incident completed its mission and prepared a report that includes a set of measures, including terminating the services of the Director-General of the Ports Management and Operations Company and a group of officials in the company, in addition to terminating the services of the Director-General of the Maritime Authority.

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed - Although experts explained that the effects of the chlorine gas leak in Aqaba were limited to its moment, Jordanians see it as additional evidence of mismanagement and neglect.

Al-Dustour Newspaper - Human rights labor organizations stressed the necessity of adhering to occupational safety standards in various workplaces, considering the gas tank explosion incident in the port of Aqaba to be directly related to the occupational safety and health procedures that must be available to workers in the work environment to ensure their protection and not being exposed to any harm or damage.

Hayat News - The head of the Workers’ House Center for Studies, Hamada Abu Najma, revealed that there is negligence in dealing with dangerous materials that threaten the lives of workers.

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed - Jordanian King Abdullah II stressed, on Tuesday, the need to provide “transparent explanations to public opinion” about what happened through the results of the investigation into the incident of a toxic chlorine gas leak in one of the ports of the city of Aqaba, while identifying errors and holding negligent persons accountable, while labor organizations said Jordanian: “Government failure is behind the Aqaba Port disaster.”

Hayat News - The “Workers’ House for Studies” issued a report on safety and health in the workplace in which it indicated that the Aqaba Port incident has revealed legislative and regulatory gaps in the field of occupational safety and health, both in terms of the inability of official authorities to impose their oversight on most institutions and work sites. ....

Jordan News - AMMAN — Experts urged the Social Security Corporation (SSC) to make extensive efforts for developing a comprehensive social protection system, inclusive of all workers to provide them with benefits and social insurance on equal basis.

Al-Ghad newspaper - In response to Al-Ghad’s question about the legal status of the workers who died and were injured in the Aqaba accident in terms of their inclusion in social security, which enables them to obtain compensation and cover their treatment expenses, the director of the Workers’ House, Hamada Abu Najma, said that inclusion is mandatory for all institutions, so if there is an unemployed worker. Included in the original

Al-Dustour Newspaper - The Department of General Statistics revealed, in its quarterly report on the unemployment rate in the Kingdom for the first quarter of 2022, that the unemployment rate reached 22.8%, a decrease of 2.2 percentage points and a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the fourth quarter of 2021, explaining that the unemployment rate for males reached during The first quarter of the current year (20.5%) compared to (31.5%) for females. It is clear that the unemployment rate for males decreased by 3.7 percentage points and increased for females by 3.0% percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2021.

Jordan News - Ali Al-Sayed, 50, is an Egyptian construction worker who spends hours working under the scorching sun and heat at different sites in Amman during the summer. His only protection is wetting his baseball cap to avoid sun strokes.

Al-Ghad newspaper - While economic experts considered the decline in unemployment rates a positive indicator that was a result of the return of the economy’s wheel to rotation after the opening of various sectors, they pointed out that the rates of decline are below what is required, and therefore the government is required to take policies that bring unemployment levels back to “at least” rates. Pre-pandemic.

Roya Channel - Hamada Abu Najma, coordinator of the Coalition to Combat Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, said that issues of violence and harassment are not limited to sex.

Roya Channel - The Coalition to Combat Violence and Harassment in the World of Work once again called on the government to ratify International Labor Convention No. 190, which was approved by the International Labor Conference, which Jordan chaired in 2019, which for its part called for an end to violence and harassment against women in the world of work, as well as providing a working environment. Free from harassment and violence, allowing everyone to exercise their right to work without any obstacles or violations.

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed - The “Coalition to Combat Violence and Harassment in the World of Work” in Jordan called on the government to ratify International Labor Convention No. 190, which was approved by the International Labor Conference, which Jordan chaired in 2019, related to ending violence and harassment against women at work, and the importance of providing a work environment free of... Harassment and violence, without any obstacles or violations.

Al-Ghad newspaper - Amman - Over the past ten years, the Ministry of Labor has implemented three programs, with the aim of employing job seekers, and in a way that contributes to reducing unemployment rates. The last of these programs was launched two months ago.

Hayat News - Head of the Labor House for Studies, Hamada Abu Najma, revealed the legal and financial problems faced by workers in private schools.