Beauty industry faces social security gap “” report

Beauty industry faces social security gap “” report

AMMAN “” 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.

In remarks to The Jordan Times on Wednesday, President of the General Syndicate for Beauty Parlour Owners Eyad Samara said: "There are many violations in the sector, but there is little the syndicate could do, particularly with having no competence.“

The entity that is with broader validity is the Labour Ministry, he added.

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.

Furthermore, Samara pointed out that no less than 15 per cent of the Kingdom's beauty salons have closed permanently since the beginning of the pandemic.

Most people working in the beauty salon sector are not covered by social security and