Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06AMMAN2575
2006-04-13 05:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHAM #2575 1030533 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 130533Z APR 06 FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9529 INFO RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 0068 RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 0050 RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 0068 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0188
UNCLAS AMMAN 002575
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ELAB PHUM JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR
FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKER ISSUES
UNCLAS AMMAN 002575
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ELAB PHUM JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR
FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKER ISSUES
1. (SBU) Jordan's Ministry of Labor will open an office to
integrate many of the governmental procedures that relate to
foreign domestic workers (FDWs). According to the Ministry's
Secretary General, Majed al Habashneh, the new office will
SIPDIS
handle requests from recruiting agents for work and residency
permits, and would be the primary point of contact for
disputes between agents and employers. Habashneh, at
poloff's suggestion, will also incorporate a dedicated phone
line for receiving abuse/maltreatment complaints from FDWs.
Habashneh said he will direct the Ministry to make changes to
the credit card-sized work permit to include this new phone
number as a handy reference for troubled FDWs.
2. (SBU) Yousef Shaban, a long-time labor inspector at the
Ministry will head the new department. The office will be
located in the Ministry's former headquarters in the Abdali
section of Amman.
HALE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ELAB PHUM JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR
FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKER ISSUES
1. (SBU) Jordan's Ministry of Labor will open an office to
integrate many of the governmental procedures that relate to
foreign domestic workers (FDWs). According to the Ministry's
Secretary General, Majed al Habashneh, the new office will
SIPDIS
handle requests from recruiting agents for work and residency
permits, and would be the primary point of contact for
disputes between agents and employers. Habashneh, at
poloff's suggestion, will also incorporate a dedicated phone
line for receiving abuse/maltreatment complaints from FDWs.
Habashneh said he will direct the Ministry to make changes to
the credit card-sized work permit to include this new phone
number as a handy reference for troubled FDWs.
2. (SBU) Yousef Shaban, a long-time labor inspector at the
Ministry will head the new department. The office will be
located in the Ministry's former headquarters in the Abdali
section of Amman.
HALE