Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Jordan (Ratification: 1966)

Article 1(a) of the Convention. Additional allowances in the public service. The Committee recalls that section 25(b) of Regulation No. 82 of 2013 concerning the Civil Service provides that a family allowance is granted to a married man and in exceptional cases to a woman (if her husband is incapacitated, or if she supports her children or is divorced and does not receive a child allowance for her children below 18 years of age). It notes the Government’s indication in its report that Civil Service Regulation No. 82 of 2013 was repealed and that section 24 of the Civil Service Regulation No. 9 of 2020, provides that a female employee is entitled to the family allowance if her husband is disabled, if she is the breadwinner of her children, or if she is divorced without a legitimate alimony for her children under the age of 18 years. The Committee requests the Government to amend Regulation No. 9 of 2020 to ensure that women and men are entitled to all allowances, including the family allowance, on an equal basis.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.