The Chamber of Industry of Jordan appealed to members of the Senate to take their comments on the law amending the Labour Law passed by the House of Representatives and moved to the Senate. 

The Chamber stressed in its statement yesterday - regarding official or emergency holidays - the importance of keeping Article 21 of the law unchanged, because there are many official holidays by about 15 days. 

She said emergency weather or other factors caused an economic burden and had a direct negative impact on productivity, while the loss of the industrial sector was estimated at 45 million dinars for each day off. 

The Chamber asked whether the national economy needs more productivity or more holidays, stressing that the unemployment rates in the Kingdom have become at levels of concern and unprecedented, while economic growth has been stalled for years. 

She stressed that the increase in productivity rates create jobs, indicating that local companies permanently adjust their situation based on productivity. 

She added that the reversal of this loss on the national economy in the event of an increase in the number of vacation days four days, the GDP will be lost due to the decline in the value added of the industrial sector by about 80 million dinars for the four days, without taking into account its association with other important economic sectors on the one hand or even Losses of other economic sectors such as banks, trade and so on. 

The chamber called for the worker not to be granted paternity leave for three days paid or reduced to one day only. 

With regard to the penalties stipulated in the law, the chamber affirmed that the origin of the punishment is to remove the damage according to the legislative rule «no harm and no harm», stressing the importance of a transitional period that allows the employer to correct the violation. 

The Chamber called for a lower fine than normal in the case of rectification of the situation, given the employer will bear the cost of returning the worker to the country of origin, stressing the importance of giving time to correct the situation and not lift the fine in any way. 

As for arbitrary dismissal, the Chamber asked why there was no clear mechanism for calculating compensation, considering that it was not fair to calculate the last wage paid by the worker. 

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