[Jordan] Labour ministry launches awareness campaign for workers’ rights

In Jordan, the Ministry of Labor has launched a 12-month campaign to raise awareness of workers’ rights under the Jordan Labor and Social Security Laws, with a particular focus on maternity and paternity matters, Jordan News reports.

The campaign - with the slogan “Aware” - is running in cooperation with the International Labor Organization, the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the Greater Amman Municipality, according to Jo24 reporting.

Information for workers shared by the ministry as part of the campaign reportedly includes messages highlighting Article 71 of the Labor Law, whereby every working woman is entitled to a paid period of no longer than one hour per day for breastfeeding her newborn after her maternity leave ends, for up to one year after childbirth, according to a November 26 statement.

Other rights the ministry is drawing attention to include the following:

• Under Article 70 of the Labor Law, working women are entitled to a total of 10 weeks of fully paid maternity leave before and after childbirth, provided that the period that falls after childbirth is no less than six weeks.
• According to Article 27 of the Labor Law, an employer is not permitted to dismiss a pregnant woman after the sixth month of pregnancy, or during the period of her maternity leave.
• Workers are also entitled to three days of paid paternity leave, according to Article 66 of the Labor Law.

In Jordan, the Ministry of Labor has launched a 12-month campaign to raise awareness of workers’ rights under the Jordan Labor and Social Security Laws, with a particular focus on maternity and paternity matters, Jordan News reports.

The campaign - with the slogan “Aware” - is running in cooperation with the International Labor Organization, the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the Greater Amman Municipality, according to Jo24 reporting.

Information for workers shared by the ministry as part of the campaign reportedly includes messages highlighting Article 71 of the Labor Law, whereby every working woman is entitled to a paid period of no longer than one hour per day for breastfeeding her newborn after her maternity leave ends, for up to one year after childbirth, according to a November 26 statement.

Other rights the ministry is drawing attention to include the following:

• Under Article 70 of the Labor Law, working women are entitled to a total of 10 weeks of fully paid maternity leave before and after childbirth, provided that the period that falls after childbirth is no less than six weeks.
• According to Article 27 of the Labor Law, an employer is not permitted to dismiss a pregnant woman after the sixth month of pregnancy, or during the period of her maternity leave.
• Workers are also entitled to three days of paid paternity leave, according to Article 66 of the Labor Law.