Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Jordan (Ratification: 1969)

Article 3(1)(a) and (2) of the Convention. Duties entrusted to labour inspectors in relation to conciliation and the enforcement of immigration law. In response to the Committee’s previous comment regarding the conciliation duties of inspectors, the Government indicates that the Labour Disputes Section in the Directorate of Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining is responsible for taking the necessary measures with respect to the different stages of labour disputes. With regard to the enforcement of immigration law by labour inspectors, the Committee notes with concern that, according to the 2023 labour inspection report, 869 orders of deportation were issued against non-Jordanian workers, 402 orders were issued during joint inspections with public security authorities and 301 non-Jordanian workers had their deportation order cancelled following the payment of a fine. The Committee urges the Governmentto take the necessary measures to ensure that any additional duties entrusted to labour inspectors do not interfere with the effective discharge of their primary duties. The Committee urges the Government to indicate the actions undertaken by the Labour Inspectorate in the enforcement of employers’ obligations towards migrant workers, such as the payment of wages and other benefits, including for workers in an irregular situation and workers liable to deportation or who have already been deported.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.