Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Jordan (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes with interest the Government’s first report, the legislation provided and the annual report of the Ministry of Labour for 2004. It would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information and documentation on the following points so as to enable it to assess the level of application of the Convention.

1. Article 2 of the Convention. Delegation of labour administration activities to workers’ organizations. The Committee notes that workers’ education, which was previously one of the most important activities of the Ministry and was carried out through its institutes, now lies within the competence of the General Federation of Trade Unions. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide details on the content of the activities entrusted to the Federation and on the manner in which these activities are undertaken.

2. Article 3. Activities relating to national labour policy regulated by direct negotiation between employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate any activities in the field of national labour policy which are regulated through direct negotiations between employers’ and workers’ organizations and, where appropriate, if it would provide copies of any relevant text.

3. Article 4. Coordination and effectiveness of the labour administration system. The Committee notes that the vocational training authority and the general social security authority are responsible for the formulation of general policy, while the Diwan of the public service is responsible for the formulation of general policy in the field of the public service. It draws the Government’s attention to Paragraphs 19, 20 and 21 of Recommendation No. 158 on the forms which may be taken by the coordination envisaged in Article 4 of the Convention and it requests the Government to provide a copy of the structural plan of the labour administration system and also to indicate the manner in which it is ensured that the functions and responsibilities assigned to each of the services of the labour administration system are properly coordinated so as to ensure the effective operation of the system.

4. Article 5. Tripartite cooperation. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, tripartism is ensured through the composition of national councils, such as the vocational training authority, the general social security authority and the commissions specializing in the formulation of legislation, as well as the National Advisory Commission for the social dialogue project, the National Commission for Social Dialogue and the Economic and Social Council. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide copies of the texts establishing and determining the functions and operation of these bodies and if it would indicate the different levels (national, regional, local or the enterprise level) at which consultation, cooperation and negotiation takes place between the public authorities and employers’ and workers’ organizations.

5. Article 7. Extension of certain of the functions of the labour administration system to categories of workers who are not in law employed persons. The Committee notes the categories of workers and employers excluded from the application of the Labour Code. It requests the Government to indicate whether it is envisaged extending the functions of the labour administration system to certain categories of workers excluded from the application of the Labour Code and to provide a copy of Regulation No. 4 of 2003 respecting agricultural workers.

6. Article 9. Control over the activities of regional and local bodies. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide detailed information on the manner in which it is ensured that regional and local bodies, to which particular labour administration activities may have been delegated, are operating in accordance with national laws and regulations and are adhering to the objectives assigned to them.

7. Article 10. Human and material resources of the labour administration system. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information in its next report on the budget allocated for labour administration and the proportion that it represents in relation to the total government budget.