A notice period of 1 month or compensation in lieu of is required to terminate an indefinite-term employment contract. An employer has the right to terminate the employment of an employee on probation without notice or compensation during probationary period.
No notice is needed to terminate a contract for gross misconduct or violation of contract.
Jordan's labor law dictates that no foreign-born individual may be hired in Jordan without consent from the Ministry of Interior, unless the work requires experience or skills not found in the Jordanian labor market. Priority for work in Jordan is given to Arab workers, and it is against the law to hire outside of Jordan for a position that a Jordanian could fill. This does not include foreign nationals who are born to Jordanian mothers.
The Aqaba Special Economic Zone in Jordan offers flexible labor and immigration policies that allow registered companies to employ up to 70% non-Jordanian workers.
Jordan's labor law stipulates that, for every year of employment, employees shall be entitled to annual leave with full pay for a period of at least 14 days. Annual leave must be extended to 21 days where the employee has been with the same employer for 5 consecutive years. Official and religious holidays, as well as weekly rest days, are not counted as part of a employee's annual leave unless they occur during the leave.
If the employee's length of service is less than 1 year, they are entitled to paid leave, calculated proportionately to their employment duration in that year.
Upon agreement between an employee and employer, an employee's leave for any year may be carried over to the following year.
After considering work requirements and employees' interests, an employer may, during the first month of the year, set employees' annual leave dates and the manner in which leave shall be taken.
Jordan's labor law stipulates that normal working hours must not exceed 8 hours a day and shall not exceed in any week 48 hours over a maximum of 6 days, excluding meal breaks and rest periods. The rules regarding working hours do not apply to persons occupying supervisory or managerial positions in any establishment. Also, hotel, restaurant, and cinema workers are limited to 54 hours per week.
Weekly rest days shall be fully paid unless a worker is employed on a daily or weekly basis. In these cases, they shall be entitled to receive full remuneration for the weekly rest day if they worked for 6 consecutive days before the specified rest day and partial remuneration proportionate to the number of days worked if they worked for three or more days.
Most private businesses observe Friday as the weekend holiday, while banks and government offices close on Fridays and Saturdays.
Jordan's labor law grants women 10 weeks of paid maternity leave, including rest before and after delivery. Leave after delivery must be no less than 6 weeks long, and employment before the expiry of such a period shall be prohibited.
Jordan's social insurance fund provides cash maternity benefits to private-sector employees funded by employer contributions of 0.75% of gross monthly payroll. Women must have at least 6 months of insurance coverage during the 12 months before childbirth to qualify for maternity benefits from the social insurance fund. The maternity benefits pay 100% of the insured's last monthly covered earnings for up to 10 weeks.
After the maternity leave period's expiry and within 1 year of delivery, every mother has the right to take time off with pay to nurse her newborn baby, provided that total time off does not exceed 1 hour a day.
The minimum wage for Jordanian employees in the private sector is JOD 290 (Jordanian dinars) per month through December 31, 2027. The minimum wage for migrant workers is JOD 230. Migrant domestic workers and workers in the loading and unloading sectors, as well as Jordanian and migrant workers in the garment and textiles industries, are exempt from the current minimum wage.
An employer who has paid an employee less than the minimum rate of remuneration shall be punishable by a fine of no less than JOD 500 and no more than JOD 1000 for each offense. The employer shall also be ordered to pay the employee the difference. The penalty shall be doubled every time the offense is repeated.
The law does not prescribe a mandatory wage period, but it requires that wages and overtime be paid within 7 days of their due date.
Get the full Country Snapshot with 25 sections of information about labor law in Bahrain.
Your request has been received. We'll be emailing you the country snapshot shortly.
Get the full Country Snapshot with 25 sections of information about labor law in Jordan.
Your request has been received. We'll be emailing you the country snapshot shortly.
