The House of Representatives approved the draft law amending the Social Security Law, in its session today, Wednesday, chaired by Parliament Speaker Ahmed Al-Safadi, and in the presence of Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Al-Khasawneh and the cabinet.

The deputies approved two paragraphs added by the government to Article 59 of the law, allowing the private sector to reduce the monthly contributions rate for old-age, disability and death insurance by up to 50 percent for the Jordanian insured who have not completed the age of 30 and have not previously subscribed to social security, provided that a system is issued for this purpose that takes into account the achievement of The desired goal is to reduce the phenomenon of unemployment.

The amended law regulated the status of the legal military retiree before completing the age of 45, with the addition of an additional year of service for workers in the armed forces and security services who are at work on June 10, 2020.

It also stipulated that workers in agricultural holdings be covered by insurance for work and maternity injuries until a decision is issued by the Council of Ministers to cover them with all insurances, while allowing other categories to be partially covered by old age, disability and death insurance according to a regulation issued for this purpose.

The draft law, which will be implemented as of the beginning of this year, amended the mechanism for appointing the vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Social Security Corporation and the vice-chairman of the board of investment of social security funds, to be among the members of the “non-executive” boards of directors to enhance governance, and the deputies refused to delete the text that The Minister of Labor shall determine the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

The project canceled paragraph (d) of Article 4 of the law, which excluded some workers whose age did not exceed 28 from being covered by old-age insurance, if the number of employees in the establishment did not exceed 25, and for a period of 5 years from the date of registration of the establishment.

The draft eased the conditions for entitlement to a maternity leave allowance for working women, to include those who have 6 continuous or intermittent contributions to maternity insurance in the twelve months preceding their entitlement to maternity leave, while the law in force requires that they be covered by insurance during the last six months preceding their entitlement to leave.

The amendment specified fixed percentages for sources of funding for old-age, disability and death insurance, at 11 percent of the insured’s wages paid by the establishment, 6.5 percent of the insured’s wages deducted by the establishment, and 17.5 percent of the insured’s wages voluntarily.