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Ammon News - Among the primary problems facing Jordan’s beauty salon sector is the low social security coverage of employees, according to the Jordan Labour Watch.

A Labour Watch report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed a set of violations of the rights of workers in the Kingdom’s beauty salons, resulting from weak social protection, the lack of official and trade union censorship and accountability, in addition to the absence of legal awareness in relation to the educational material of the beauty industry.

The report recommended the necessity of reorganising Jordan’s beauty salon sector, with the aim to reduce violations against sector workers and to ensure the implementation of occupational health and safety measures.

“Many sector workers have been dismissed, due to the recurrent total lockdowns and the prohibition of wedding ceremonies and any other occasions,” according to the report.

The report also called for an urgent response and strict actions that would promote the inclusion of beauty salon workers in social security.

The employment relations between the employers and employees are “undefined”, and in many cases there is an absence of formal and legal contracts, in addition to not applying operational standards, according to the report.

“The training curricula in beauty academies are not secured by occupational health and safety standards, as well as legal literacy,” the report added.