AMMAN
— Yazan Abu Awwad, 29, was an engineer who worked for an IT company in the
morning and for
Careem Box at night. On October
5, last year, he was seriously assaulted by a group of young men in Marj Al-Hamam
area.
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Abu
Awwad was delivering an order in the middle of the night. A group of young
people sitting in front of the building asked him what he wanted and why he was
there. Then they followed Abu Awwad in the building, assaulted him with a
knife, cut the tendons in three of his left hand and fled.
He
needed to be operated on. A first operation, performed at a government hospital
was unsuccessful; a second was performed at his expense and now he needs a
third intervention.
According
to Abu Awwad, physical therapy did not help improve his hand, so he could not
drive because of limited movement.
"My
life has changed; I am tired of being in debt because of the expensive medicine
I need, I cannot get out in cold weather, it affects my hand badly, I am afraid
of darkness," he said.
"I
wish delivery companies had guarantees and could ensure the protection of delivery
captains," he added.
Professor
of sociology at the
University of Jordan Hussein Khazaei said
the
effects of such aggressive behavior has led many young employees to fear working
in this field.
He
said that all late-night workers need to be careful, especially when working in
remote areas, and added that cases of abuse like this one make young people reluctant
to engage in certain types of work, which is a pity as they have just “crossed
the barrier of the culture of shame”.
People who were assaulted are psychologically affected, their lives may change
and they often need time to reintegrate in the society, he said.
Director of Occupational Safety and Health Managers at the Ministry of Labor Haitham Najdawi told
Jordan News that two delivery workers registered with the Social Security Corporation
were assaulted, and in this situation, the
Ministry of Labor and the employer are
responsible for the employee.
If
an employee is assaulted while he is working for a logistics support company,
he is considered a “contractor", according to the Labor Law, and is not
covered by the Labor and Workers Act, but by the Civil Code, said Najdawi.
PSD
spokesperson
Amer Al-Sartawi had said that in Abu Awwad’s case, the main culprit
was arrested, confessed to have been in an altercation, and the case will be
brought to justice.
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