Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Jordan (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

1. The Committee recalls that its previous comments concerned:

- the need to adopt specific provisions enforceable by sufficiently dissuasive sanctions to ensure the application of Article 2 of the Convention in order to ensure that workers' organizations enjoy adequate protection against any acts of interference by employers, and particularly against acts which are designed to promote the establishment of workers' organizations under the domination of employers or employers' organizations, or to support workers' organizations by financial or other means, with the object of placing such organizations under the control of employers or employers' organizations;

- the need to extend the application of the Convention to domestic servants and agricultural workers (other than those working in a government organization, a technical equipment establishment or irrigation work, who are already covered by the Labour Code).

The Committee notes the Government's indication in its report that the draft Labour Code has been submitted to the legislative authority. The Lower House has adopted it with certain amendments and submitted it to the Upper House. The Government adds that the Ministry of Labour will endeavour to ensure that the guarantees provided by the Convention on these two points are inserted into the draft Code and that, if it cannot do so, it will call for the adoption of amendments to the Labour Code after it has been enacted.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures that have been taken to bring its legislation into full conformity with the Convention.