Amman, July 12 (Petra) - During the first five months of this year, inspection teams affiliated with the Ministry of Labor fined 3,413 establishments and 3,181 warned others that failed to comply with provisions of the Jordan Labor Law and the relevant regulations and instructions.

The quarterly report of the Ministry's Central Inspection Directorate, monitored by "Petra," showed the inspection teams visited a total of 12,327 establishments by the end of last May, which also conducted 9 inspection campaigns on specific economic sectors.

The ministry received 3,823 labor complaints through its electronic platform "Hemaya-Protection" to by the end of last May.

Of this figure, 2,140 cases were settled with employers, as the labor rights of the complaining workers were restored.

454 violations were issued against establishments that failed to comply with the ministry's procedures, while pending labor complaints stands at 371.

Most labor complaints submitted to "Hemaya" platform focused on wage non-payment, employment termination for indefinite-term contracts, verbal contracts, or contract absence, as the fewest grievances related to forcing workers to resign.

According to the report, the ministry's teams detected 97 child labor cases during the same period.

In this context, the ministry fined 49 entities and warned 16 others for their violatons and also received 15 reports via the dedicated link for receiving reports regarding child labor (childlabor.mol.gov.jo) on its website.

Inspection teams visited 87 establishments to ensure their commitment to providing nurseries for their employees' children.

During these visits, the crews issued 6 fines and 35 warnings to establishments that failed to comply with the provisions of the Labor Law and the relevant regulations and instructions for institutional nurseries.

Regarding foreign workers, the report showed that the number of non-Jordanian workers who received deportation decisions by the end of May of this year reached 3,670.

191 foreign workers cancelled deportation 191, and 321 others annulled deportation status after paying the revocation costs.

Regarding complaints related to domestic workers, 436 cases were resolved during the same period.
//Petra// AG

12/07/2025 12:08:45