"ILO praises move to ‘safeguard’ teachers’ salaries", 1 September 2018

The International Labour Organisation (ILO)... commended [the] government for “safeguarding the salaries of private school teachers by requiring employers to deposit their salaries electronically”, according to a press release issued by the UN agency. The remarks came in light of the endorsement of the Regulation of Registration and Licencing of Private and International Schools in August, which ruled that all 37,000 private school teachers must receive their wages electronically through bank transfers or e-wallets from now on... “The ILO considers this legislation a significant step forward in protecting teachers’ pay in Jordan and an important tool to ensure justice for private school employees,” the UN agency said, adding that it will “continue working with the Government of Jordan, as well as the National Committee for Pay Equity [NCPE], in order to find solutions to protect wages in other sectors through digital payments”... The NCPE and the Stand-up with Teachers Campaign have lobbied for the new move with the support of the ILO since late 2017, when the Union of Workers of Private Education and the Owners of Private Schools Association signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement that brought new rights to teachers working in Jordan’s private schools...