Country: Jordan
 

Jordan

CHAPTER TWO
Rights and Duties of Jordanians

Article 23
(ii) The State shall protect labour and enact legislation therefore based on the following principles:
(a) Every worker shall receive wages commensurate with the quantity and quality of his work.
(b) The number of hours of work per week shall be defined. Workers shall be given weekly and annual days of paid rest.
(c) Special compensation shall be given to workers supporting families and on dismissal, illness, old age and emergencies arising out of the nature of their work.
(d) Special conditions shall be made for the employment of women and juveniles.
(e) Factories and workshops shall be subject to health safeguards.
(f) Free trade unions may be formed within the limits of the law.