Opinion Bureau issues legal statement condemning health worker protests

AMMAN — The Legislation and Opinion Bureau issued a legal statement regarding an inquiry received from the Ministry of Health regarding a number of healthcare personnel working in the ministry, who have been making peaceful protest gestures, considering going on a peaceful sit-in, or declaring a strike.اضافة اعلان

The statement emphasized that "calling upon or participating in a strike by a government employee requires legal action and disciplinary measures according to Article 142, with the possibility of imposing any disciplinary penalty against the employee, starting from a warning, reprimand, withholding salary increments for one to five years, and up to termination of the employee's services, and the severest punishment, which is dismissal," Al-Rai reported.

The Ministry of Health distributed the content of the statement on Wednesday and requested all directorates, departments, hospitals, and health centers to comply with its implementation under legal responsibility.


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