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3 days ago
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Jordan halts hiring of foreign workers
Jordan's Ministry of Labor suspended Thursday the recruitment of non-Jordanian workers after a three-month window. The decision aims at meeting the labor needs of various economic sectors, the ministry's spokesperson, Mohammad Al-Zyoud, said in a statement Thursday. He noted that the ministry will not reopen recruitment without a thorough and comprehensive review of the labor market. Al-Zyoud stressed that inspection campaigns will continue in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and Public Security Directorate (PSD) across all governorates to identify and take legal action against employers hiring undocumented foreign workers. The inspections also aim to ensure that workers brought in by private-sector businesses are employed by the companies that sponsored them. Strict penalties will be imposed on any business found in violation, including suspension of recruitment privileges and refusal to renew work permits issued under the company's name.
Jordan News
3 days ago
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Labor: Suspension of Foreign Labor Recruitment as of Today - Jordan News
The Ministry of Labor announced the suspension of the recruitment of non-Jordanian labor starting today, Thursday, May 29, 2025. The Ministry's spokesperson, Mohammad Al-Zyoud, stated that the decision to halt recruitment comes after a three-month period during which it was opened to meet the needs of employers in various economic sectors for non-Jordanian workers. He explained that the ministry will not reopen the recruitment process for foreign labor unless a thorough and comprehensive study of the labor market is conducted. اضافة اعلان Al-Zyoud confirmed that the ministry will continue its inspection campaigns in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Public Security Directorate across all governorates of the Kingdom to detect violations involving non-Jordanian labor and to take legal action against employers who hire them unlawfully. He added that these inspection campaigns also aim to ensure that the non-Jordanian labor recruited by private sector establishments is actually working for them. He stressed that strict measures will be taken against any establishment found to have recruited foreign labor that is not actually working for it. These measures include suspending the establishment's ability to recruit or employ labor and not renewing work permits issued in its name.
Jordan News
17-05-2025
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- Jordan News
Ministry of Labor Clarifies Changes to Job Title of Residential Building Cleaners - Jordan News
Ministry of Labor spokesperson Mohammad Al-Zyoud clarified that the recent amendments to the 2025 system regulating work permit fees for non-Jordanians apply only to foreign workers employed as "cleaners" in residential buildings. اضافة اعلان He stressed that foreign workers employed by cleaning companies or in non-residential places are not affected by these changes. Al-Zyoud explained that any employer of a non-Jordanian worker currently holding a work permit under the job title 'cleaner' (commonly referred to as a 'building guard') in a residential building, and whose permit has expired or will expire, must renew the permit under the new title 'Building Services Worker' with an annual fee of 700 dinars, instead of the previous 420 dinars. He added that any current permit under the old title will remain valid until its expiration, after which it must be renewed under the new job title and updated fee structure. The clarification aims to distinguish between different categories of cleaning workers and ensure compliance with the new regulations affecting work in residential settings only.
Jordan News
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Jordan News
Government: 54,000 Migrant Workers Have Not Issued Work Permits Since 2021 - Jordan News
Government: 54,000 Migrant Workers Have Not Issued Work Permits Since 2021 The spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor, Mohammad Al-Zyoud, said on Monday that more than 3,000 individuals of various nationalities have been deported recently for violating labor laws, as part of an intensive inspection campaign that began at the start of this year. اضافة اعلان Speaking to Al-Mamlaka TV, Al-Zyoud stressed that regulating the labor market, including non-Jordanian (migrant) workers, falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labor. He noted that the current government does not see the need for what is known as a 'status correction campaign,' which includes exemption from work permit fees. He explained that the status correction campaign launched in 2021 revealed a large number of migrant workers who failed to regularize their legal status according to the law. Any adjustments or policy changes regarding migrant labor, he said, are based on requests from employers across various sectors. Al-Zyoud pointed out that 54,000 migrant workers have not rectified their status or obtained valid work permits since 2021. He added that these figures continue to change, as many workers have been deported or left the country voluntarily to avoid complying with the legal requirements. Some have regularized their status through their employers in different sectors, in accordance with the law. Al-Zyoud emphasized that the Ministry rejects employers' requests to exempt violating workers from fines, stating that the purpose of all these measures is to organize the labor market and ensure that all workers in the Kingdom comply with the law. He concluded by noting that inspection campaigns are ongoing to monitor migrant labor and verify the legality of their employment status.
Jordan News
17-03-2025
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Labor Ministry: Immediate Deportation for Any Non-Jordanian St...
اضافة اعلان The Ministry of Labor announced that, starting from April 1, 2025, it will deport any non-Jordanian student found working in violation of labor laws under any spokesperson, Mohammad Al-Zyoud, stated that coordination has been made with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to address all public and private universities, as well as community colleges, to inform non-Jordanian students that working in the labor market is a clear violation of Jordanian labor added that the ministry, through joint inspection campaigns with the Ministry of Interior and the Public Security Directorate, has apprehended many university students, both male and female, from various nationalities since the beginning of the year. He emphasized that those who enter the Kingdom for university studies must focus on their studies and are prohibited from entering the labor also pointed out that any employer who hires a non-Jordanian student, whether at a public or private university or a community college, will be fined no less than 800 dinars for each student caught working for concluded by noting that the ministry will continue its inspection campaign to enforce labor laws and address violations related to non-Jordanian workers.
