Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Jordan (Ratification: 1979)

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Article 2 of the Convention. Facilities for workers’ representatives in the undertaking. In its previous comment, the Committee had noted that an adequate regulatory framework guaranteeing the workers’ representatives access to appropriate facilities in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention was yet to be adopted, despite the Government’s indication that recommendations regarding principles and criteria governing the granting of time off from work for union activities were drawn up in 2017 by a committee nominated by the Ministry of Labour and made up of representatives of the General Federation of Trade Unions and the Jordanian Chambers of Industry and Commerce. The Committee notes with regret that the Government reports no progress in this regard and simply indicates that it was agreed to submit the recommendations on time off for union representatives to the next meeting of the Tripartite Committee for Labour Affairs (TCLA), the body competent for establishing the rules enabling trade union representatives to carry out their duties pursuant to section 107 of the Labour Code. In view of the foregoing, the Committee urges the Government to ensure that criteria and principles governing time off for union activities are submitted to the TCLA without further delay. It further urges the Government to take all the necessary measures to ensure that an adequate regulatory framework, guaranteeing the workers’ representatives all the facilities enabling them to carry out their functions promptly and efficiently, such as those listed in the Workers’ Representatives Recommendation, 1971 (No. 143), is submitted to tripartite consultation and approval. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this respect.