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  Amman – 3 June 2026 The Jordanian Labor Watch has called for amending the legislation governing the smart transport application sector to ensure drivers are recognized as employees and provided with minimum labor and social rights. It highlighted that approximately 90,000 drivers work in ride-hailing and food delivery applications in Jordan, the majority of whom are not covered by ...

The American-Israeli war on Iran is no longer merely a military or geopolitical issue confined to the region; it has become a direct source of pressure on the entire global economy. Alongside destruction, killing, and the disruption of stability, this war is pushing markets into a new wave of anxiety because of its impact on energy, transportation, trade, and supply ...

Amman, Tuesday, May 19, 2026 A report issued by the Jordan Labor Watch, affiliated with the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies, warned against the rapidly increasing reliance of companies and institutions in Jordan on what are commonly referred to as “support service companies” or “outsourcing companies”. The report stressed that this model is being widely used to restructure ...

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Amman, May 11, 2026 A new report on employment trends in Jordan during the first quarter of 2026 has revealed that more than half of the job vacancies advertised in the Jordanian labor market now require communication, language, and digital skills. This indicates that a university degree alone is no longer sufficient to secure employment, as the labor market is ...

The approval of Jordan’s energy sector strategy for 2025–2035 was not a direct result of the current regional crisis, as work on it had begun before these developments. Yet the timing of its adoption gave it added significance, coming at a moment when the region is once again revealing the extent of the vulnerability facing energy-importing countries whenever wars escalate, ...

The State of Work in Jordan 2025 report, issued by the Jordanian Labor Watch of the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies, has warned of increasing pressures facing the Jordanian labor market in the coming period, amid ongoing geopolitical developments in the region and the continued limited capacity of the economy to generate sufficient and decent employment opportunities. The ...

The Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies launched the findings of a Code of Conduct developed on decent working conditions in Jordan’s agricultural sector, under the “Economic Development” project funded by the French Development Agency (AFD). The results revealed a tangible improvement in compliance among targeted farms with decent work standards, particularly in occupational safety and health and risk ...

A specialized report revealed a sharp decline in the number of labor protests in Jordan during 2025, with only 24 protests recorded compared to 51 in 2024 – a decrease of 53%. The report, issued by the Labor Watch Jordan at the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies, emphasized that this decline does not necessarily indicate an improvement in ...

  The war has stopped militarily, or at least the sounds of it have faded, but its economic and social impact has not. This is the clearest lesson from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Shocks do not end when the missiles fall silent, because their real effects emerge later, gradually filtering into prices, investment, job opportunities, and the level of ...