AMMAN — The General Trade
Union for Workers in General Services and Free Vocations and the
Jordan Restaurant Association on Thursday signed a collective work agreement that cost
JD1.25 million to benefit around 25,000 workers for three years, according to
Al-Mamlaka TV.
اضافة اعلان
The association pledged to give Jordanians
priority to work in tourist restaurants, substituting expatriates with local
workers by encouraging local workers and training them in the sector’s works.
Following the agreement, the amounts
restaurants charge for the services they provide during the term of the
agreement must be divided equally among their workers, in accordance with the
applicable law and the circumstances of each tourist restaurant.
The agreement also stipulates that
these restaurants must abide by any resolution issued by the Prime Ministry by
paying Jordanian workers the minimum wage, keeping the service charge separate from
salaries. Moreover, the restaurants should provide a safe work environment, in
accordance with the labor and social security laws, respecting their right to
subscribe to social security, have appropriate working hours, leaves, overtime,
and weekend, and official and religious holiday leaves.
As per the agreement, tourist
restaurant owners should undertake to give fair employment contracts, in
accordance with the applicable laws, regulations, and instructions, in addition
to granting annual raises, if possible, or in accordance with the restaurants’
policies in this regard.
Restaurants must also hold
educational workshops for workers and owners about the labor law and the rights
and duties they all have.
The General Trade Union for Workers
in General Services and Free Vocations represents all workers in the tourist
restaurant sector, while the Jordan Restaurant Association represents the
tourist restaurants that are classified and licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
and Antiquities.
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