AMMAN — Dozens of workers with Al-Methaleiah Company
for Support Services, contracted by
Al-Bashir Hospital, complained that the
medical institution has failed to pay their salaries for the past month.
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They claimed
that payment deferral is recurring every month, despite promises by the
Ministry of Health that their salaries will be disbursed on time. The workers
complained that the delay is bothering their financial commitments.
“The Methaleiah
assured us that it has nothing to do with the delayed payments, and urged us to
talk to the Ministry of Health,” worker Mohammad Al-Rbeihat told
Jordan News.
“It is not the
first time that our salaries have been delayed,” said the worker, who works as
an office assistant, photocopying documents, and helping with other minor
administrative work.
“This case has
happened more than once, and it is getting worse, especially since we have
obligations, such as bills to pay, installments for banks or universities,
which may impose fines on us in case we fail to pay them on time,” he
explained.
He said that
every time they delay our payments, “they ask us to continue working, and
suspend any sit-in, or any other protest activities, claiming that our salaries
will be paid.”
“But all that
turns out to be empty promises and lies,” he added.
Alaa Nawwaf, a
Methaleiah controller, said that the “service workers receive the minimum wage
in the Kingdom, which is JD260, with JD20 are deducted as a social security
allowance too”.
Although the pay
is little, the Health Ministry allegedly delays payments, he said.
“These employees
live on the little wage they earn, and have obligations to meet, just like
other people,” he said. He noted that salary delays is “causing them serious
problems, and added financial strains.”
At some point,
he maintained, Methaleiah paid its workers five-month worth of arrears “from
our own budget, given that the Ministry of Health constantly promised to pay
their salaries, or pay the company’s dues, but to no avail.”
“These workers
assist the hospital staff, and if they are absent from work for one day, that
will complicate things for the hospital,” he said.
In the last few
days, several workers staged sit-ins outside the hospital premises to demand
their salaries, but they were dispersed following promises that payments will
soon be disbursed.
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