Journalism

World Bank Group - The Corona pandemic is having an unmistakable impact in the speed with which the nature of work, its world and its place are changing, especially for women. In Jordan, where the rate of women’s economic participation is already low, advancing women’s role as economic workers is a fundamental pillar of the success of the country’s reform agenda and a major driver for a stronger, more inclusive, and more sustainable kingdom after the Corona (Covid-19) pandemic.

AMMAN — A new report by the Phenix Center for Economic Studies shed light on the hard work and very low income of people who collect dry bread, junk and empty water bottles to help their families make some money.

AMMAN — Due to the efforts of the Ministry of Labor until the beginning of November this year, 6,635 workers, out of 10,192 who were dismissed from their jobs during the pandemic in violation of the Labor Law or of the defense order, could return to their jobs, the ministry spokesman Mohammad Zyoud, told Jordan News.

AMMAN — Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh issued on Monday Defense Order No. 52, which extended the duration of the “Estidama” and “Himayah” protection programs, provided by the Social Security Corporation (SSC) and associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, until the end of June of 2022.

Some of the most essential workers are also among the most overlooked—the women and men who plant, harvest and transport our fruits and vegetables, ensuring our tables are full every day, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amman - Al-Ghad - The Ministry of Social Development is close to completing the preparation of the working child protection system, according to the Assistant Secretary-General of the Ministry for Development and Welfare Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Jabour.

Al-Rai Newspaper - “It is better late than never.”.. a saying that many people dropped on the announcement of the General Organization for Social Security about the start of implementing health insurance during the first quarter of this year.

Amman - Al-Ghad - Amendments approved by the Council of Ministers, last Monday, to the civil health insurance system, renewed civil demands for the necessity of creating a comprehensive national health insurance base that includes under its umbrella all entities and individuals, especially after the issuance of statements by the Social Security Corporation confirming the imminent announcement of the inclusion of its members in Health insurance, in exchange for raising the monthly deductions for insurance subscribers, especially since experts indicate that this will increase waste, due to what they described as a “lack of coordination” between the two parties.

Amman - Al-Ghad - Specialists in labor and worker issues confirmed that there is a government “glitch” in dealing with the services sector, which is the largest employer of labor in confronting the effects of the pandemic, and evidence of this is the high unemployment numbers locally.

Amman - Al-Ghad - While Notice No. 52 of 2021 extended work on the “Sustainability” and “Protection” programs until the end of June 2022, two experts in the field of labor issues confirmed that there is no need to continue extending Estidama since the majority of sectors have returned to work.

Al-Rai Newspaper - Expatriate workers expressed their dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Labor’s requirement to approve granting them leave that the establishments in which they work have fulfilled all their obligations to the Social Security Institution, considering that this condition has harmed them and deprived them of their right to travel and spend their vacations in their country.

Kingdom Channel - Amani, who works in a clothing sewing factory in eastern Jordan, is accustomed to the noise of officials and their shouting at the female workers in a desire to speed up the production process.

Hayat News - Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor, Hamada Abu Najma, said that the employment programs carried out by the Ministry of Labor are not considered operational programs, but rather wage support programmes.

Workers’ House: The decrease in unemployment rates in Jordan is “relative” and the Corona crisis has increased unemployment rates significantly, pointing out that the decline in unemployment rates is natural in all countries of the world, as many workers lost their jobs and then some of them returned to work as a result of the reopening of sectors.

Amman - Al-Ghad - The government’s decision, the day before yesterday, to suspend the work of nurseries until the end of this year, sparked protests between nursery owners and working families whose children are registered in nurseries, with the hashtag #to closenurseries trending on social media sites.

Al-Haqiqa International Channel - A talk about the effects of the new government’s decisions to ban a curfew on Fridays and a ban at night from eleven o’clock in the evening, and to close a number of sectors, including the educational sector and the transition to distance learning...

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed - Anwar Al-Zayadat - Figures issued by the Jordanian Department of General Statistics in its quarterly report on the unemployment rate for the second quarter of 2020 reveal that the unemployment rate in Jordan reached 23 percent (21.5 percent for males compared to 28.6 percent for females). ..

Amman - Al Rai - The rise in the number of unemployed people, which may reach 623 thousand unemployed by the end of this year, has put the Ministry of Labor and its new minister, Dr. Maen Qatamin, in front of a challenge in dealing with this file, which experts have described as difficult...

Amman - Al-Dustour - Following the formation of the new government for the first time, the Minister of Labor and the Minister of State for Investment Affairs will take office at the same time. The Ministry of Labor is not alone in being able to end the problem of unemployment through programs and projects. It needs effective economic development to generate job opportunities and investments.

Amman - Al-Dustour - The head of the “Workers’ House” Center for Studies, Hamada Abu Najma, said that work is supposed at this stage to strengthen the capabilities of social safety networks and increase their allocations...

Amman - Al-Ghad - A report confirmed that the new Corona virus pandemic has revealed the “fragility” that the labor market suffers from, and the lack of social protection requirements among categories of workers, especially those working in the informal economy...

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed - The Jordanian Workers’ House Center for Studies said that more than 400,000 workers in Jordan had their wages affected as a result of the Corona virus pandemic. He added in a statement yesterday, Wednesday, on the occasion of World Decent Work Day...

Amman - Al Rai - The decision to remove private schools, kindergartens, and nurseries from the list of sectors most affected by these agencies protected workers from a reduction in their wages by 20% for those working and 50% for those not working...

The Jordanian state's measures during the pandemic did not live up to the level of effectively addressing the expected expansion of the segment of the unemployed in light of the limited options available...

Al-Dustour Newspaper - With the announcement of the results of the high school exams approaching and the filling out of applications for university admission, questions are increasing among students and their families about the specialization they should choose, whether it is in demand or saturated, and the extent of the labor market’s need for it.