JCI, Labour Ministry announce new recruitment measures for guest workers

By JT - Jul 08,2018 - Last updated at Jul 08,2018

AMMAN — Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) and the Labour Ministry have agreed to allow the recruitment of qualified guest workers if no national cadres are available, while also providing factories with a two-year time limit to train national cadres on the same specialisation.

In a press statement released on Friday, the JCI also agreed to extend the guest workers, recruitment period from four to six months, stressing on the necessity for the employers› approval to the workers, holidays, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

They also agreed not to rectify the guest workers, status except after obtaining the employers, approval, in addition to allowing guest workers already in the Kingdom to work with factories only after rectifying their status.

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