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The Jordanian Labor Watch demanded that private sector enterprises be required to reduce the working hours of their workers to ease the pressure on them during the month of Ramadan, just like their government counterparts. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Labor Watch of the Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies denounced the government’s continued treatment of workers ...

The Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies concluded a training for civil society organizations to build their capacities in community outreach and strategic planning. The two-day training focused on the steps and importance of community outreach for civil society organizations in enhancing cooperation between people and governments, reducing the large burdens on the government, solving multiple issues in a ...

The Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies held a dialogue session to discuss the status of rights and freedoms, good governance, and economic development in the draft Charter for Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries. The session discussed the human rights situation in light of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the extent of achieving the Sustainable Development ...

The Jordanian Labor Watch has called on the government to address the gaps in the social protection system in a way that ensures the promotion of social justice, which has significantly declined over the past decades. He said that government policies governing social protection are based on providing very low incomes for the poor and do not work to prevent ...

A compilation report revealed that 2023 was a difficult year for workers in Jordan in terms of the denial and encroachment of their rights, as well as the continued deterioration of working conditions in terms of policies and practices with no signs of governmental improvement. The annual report, issued by the Jordanian Labor Watch of the Phenix Center for Economic ...

The Jordanian Labor Watch called on the government to reconsider its wage policies in order to raise them in line with the Arab Labor Organization Convention No. 15 on the Determination and Protection of Wages, which Jordan finally ratified 40 years after its adoption. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Jordanian Labor Watch said that although the Jordanian government’s ...

Agricultural workers in Jordan continue to suffer from a lack of union organization, which has prevented them from benefiting from dispute resolution tools and the right to collective bargaining, according to a specialized policy paper. The paper, issued by the Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies, pointed out that this conflicts with Convention No. 98 on the Right to ...

A specialized policy paper asserts that the mechanism for the use and recruitment of non-Jordanian labor in the agricultural sector involves obstacles that weaken decent work conditions and hinder workers’ enjoyment of their rights. The paper issued by the Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies, entitled “Towards Fairer Conditions of Employment and Recruitment of Non-Jordanian Workers in the Agricultural ...

The Jordanian Labor Watch called on the Ministry of Education to reverse its decision to transfer visually impaired teachers at the Abdullah ibn Umm Maktoum School for the Blind in the Marka Brigade Directorate to sighted schools far from their homes. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Jordanian Labor Watch said that the ministry’s decision, which included the transfer ...

The Phenix Center for Economic and Information Studies in Jordan, in collaboration with the international organization CARE in Jordan, launched an Analytical Study on Barriers for Women to Start and Run Micro and Small Businesses in Jordan. Director of the Phenix Center, Ahmad Awad remarked that the economic participation rates of women in Jordan have remained stagnant for years, lingering ...