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Ammon News - A Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Khasawneh on Sunday decided to approve the necessary measures to facilitate transfer of non-Jordanian workers into various economic sectors and activities, aimed to regulate the Kingdom's labor market and reduce number of illegal workers.

The Council of Ministers set a 3-month period as the deadline to implement these procedures, provided that the situation is re-assessed after the end of this period.

Under the decision, recruitment of non-Jordanian expatriates is halted, with the exception of workers in the domestic sector, others with specialized skills, and clothing and textile sector's laborers.

In the coming days, the Ministry of Labor will publish details on steps to implement the decision and circulating them to its directorates across the Kingdom for implementation purposes.

The decision is based on provisions of Article (12) of Labor Law No. (8) of 1996 and its amendments and instructions for conditions and procedures for recruitment and employment of non-Jordanian workers for 2012.

On the other hand, the Council of Ministers approved an amended bylaw for testing drugs, medical supplies, sterilizers, antiseptics, and cosmetics for 2023, aimed to accelerate procedures for exporting medicine, especially items produced in the Kingdom by separating the drug registration procedures at Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) from the related analysis process.

The Cabinet also approved the compulsory liquidation calculation bylaw for 2023, aimed to cover judicial fees and expenses or any amounts incurred by the actions and procedures of company compulsory liquidation that are estimated by the competent court and decided to be disbursed.

In addition, the Cabinet decided to approve the mandating reasons for a draft bylaw for practicing nursing and midwifery profession for 2023.

The system aims to give sufficient time to all practitioners of health professions to rectify their situation in accordance with the requirements of license renewal and develop a database of practitioners to help the councils carry out their work, in light of Covid-19 pandemic conditions and the consequent suspension of face-to-face activities.

The Cabinet also approved the validating reasons for a draft bylaw for registering enterprises in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) for 2023, and the mandating reasons for a draft bylaw for organizing accounting records of the registered enterprise and its financial statements in ASEZA for 2023 to comply with 2023 ASEZA Law amendments.