Although the 2021 Agricultural Workers’ Regulation was a long-awaited step to enhance the rights of agricultural workers, significant challenges affected its optimal implementation. Several of the provisions also require amendment
for example, take the exemption of employers who hire three or fewer workers from many obligations, such as determining working hours, rest periods, and weekly holidays, and including them in the social security system. In September
2024, the Jordanian government announced a set of proposed amendments to the Agricultural Workers’ Regulation No. (19) of 2021. These amendments focus on including all workers in the agricultural sector under social insurance without exception, ensuring their rights to annual and sick leave, maternity leave, weekly holidays, regulated working hours, and the calculation of overtime pay, regardless of the number of workers employed by the agricultural employer.
This policy paper reviews the current legislative gaps that still hinder decent working environments for all workers in the agricultural sector, and proposes alternative solutions and policies to overcome these challenges and ensure their rights.
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