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AMMAN — The economic participation rate among Jordan’s population aged 15 and older is 33.5 per cent, and the Kingdom’s female labour force participation rate is 14.3 per cent, while that of males is 53 per cent, said a report by the Workers’ House, a local NGO concerned with labour affairs.The report was issued on the occasion of Human Rights Day, which is observed every year
AMMAN — Using phrases such as “doctors not slaves”, medical residents in Jordan have been protesting poor working conditions and unpaid residency programmes for years, describing them as a form of “forced labour”.After medical students complete five years of undergraduate studies and an internship year, they either become general practitioners, or pursue further training in a
AMMAN — Transferring the Labour Ministry’s functions to other governmental entities “will cause chaos in labour market programmes, policies and data collection”, warned a group of Jordanian civil society organisations.
AMMAN — Transferring the Labour Ministry’s functions to other governmental entities “will cause chaos in labour market programmes, policies and data collection”, warned a group of Jordanian civil society organisations.
AMMAN — The National Employment Programme 2022, “Tashgheel”, launched by the government earlier this month “does not contribute to reducing unemployment rates” in the Kingdom, according to experts.Experts emphasised the importance of the Tashgheel programme, which is supposed to generate 60,000 private sector jobs for Jordanians, however, they still questioned the extent of