The Jordan Labour Watch issued a report etitled “The Situation of Teachers in Private Schools: Several violations of their basic rights

This report Prepared by the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

The report sheds a light on the working conditions of teachers in private schools and kindergartens in Jordan and their conformity with the Jordanian labour legislation. It also presents figures on the number of workers in the sector and their geographic distribution in the Kingdom’s schools, their wages and subscription in the Social Security Corporation and health insurance. The report also addresses the issues of annual leaves, official holidays and other working conditions. According to the report’s results, the majority of teachers working in this sector are subject to several violations of their labour and basic human rights in light of existing Jordanian labour legislation and relevant conventions. These violations include low salaries and deprivation of sick and annual leaves, maternity leaves for married teachers and coverage by social security and health insurance.

2010

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The Situation of Teachers in Private Schools Several violations of their basic rights