10/2012. The report “Between
A Rock and A Hard Place: Migrant workers caught between employers' abuse and
poor implementation of the law” monitored the status of domestic
workers and Egyptian workers in Jordan from 2011 until mid-2012. The report
included the abuses that migrant workers in Jordan are subjected to such as:
confiscation of passports, withholding wages, and poor living conditions such
as inadequate sleeping places, long working hours, and denial of the one day
off rule in addition to the mistreatment by employers.
This report was based on the cases received by Tamkeen, the monitored follow-up procedures of these cases, and the meetings and discussions between Tamkeen Center, decision makers, and employers from 2011 until the middle of 2012. During this period Tamkeen monitored 922 cases of different nationality migrant workers from different sectors. Of these cases: 747 were domestic workers, 29 cases were individual cases, eight cases were groups of migrant workers working in the garment sector , and 138 cases were brought by Egyptian workers.
This report was based on the cases received by Tamkeen, the monitored follow-up procedures of these cases, and the meetings and discussions between Tamkeen Center, decision makers, and employers from 2011 until the middle of 2012. During this period Tamkeen monitored 922 cases of different nationality migrant workers from different sectors. Of these cases: 747 were domestic workers, 29 cases were individual cases, eight cases were groups of migrant workers working in the garment sector , and 138 cases were brought by Egyptian workers.
