Jordanian newspaper “Al-Ghad” Raised the issue of the absence of the High Tripartite Commission for Labor Affairs at this difficult time in the Kingdom.
“Al-Ghad” revealed that the committee meeting would not be held except at the invitation of the Minister of Labor, who was contacted on many occasions, but he did not provide any responses, including calls made “Al-Ghad”.
The newspaper pointed out that at the end of March, the wage payment file for its beneficiaries in the private sector dominated the Jordanian scene in all its spectra, in light of complaints from both sides of the work, pointing out that there are workers who did not receive their wages, while employers complain about their inability to pay wages.
The Tripartite Commission for Labor Affairs was completely absent from the scene, although it was supposed to contribute to proposing solutions for all parties, including workers and employers.
The Tripartite Commission for Labor Affairs, which is chaired by the Minister of Labor and includes nine members, three from the Ministry of Labor, one of whom is the Secretary-General, and three members representing employers, who are the president of the Jordan Chamber of Industry, the president of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce and a representative of the agricultural sector, while workers are represented by three members, one of whom is the president of the General Union For trade unions, and two heads of trade unions.
It is assumed that, in normal circumstances, it meets once every three months annually according to its rules, and at the invitation of the Minister of Labor, but on the ground, the last meeting of the committee was the month before last, which came after many months of absence in which a decision was made to raise the minimum wage.
In the same context, the head of the General Union for Electricity Workers, Ali Al-Hadid, told Al-Ghad that he was surprised that no meeting of the Tripartite Committee had taken place so far, stressing that its convening is an urgent necessity in light of the voices of employers threatening to fire workers, and others have told their workers that they intend not to pay their wages in the light of the Coronavirus pandemic, saying: “It is unfortunate that everyone is seeking to achieve its own interests and wants to pressure the government to threaten to cut off workers’ salaries, it is not appropriate and illegal to threaten workers ito cut off the source of their livelihood”.
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