The women enter the labor market in all areas, not far from the attention of the Jordanian legislator which led him to create many special protection of women in the labor law legal requirements, on the basis of the role they play within the community mother and housewife, and a nanny, and running at the same time, it is not the role of undeniable.
Accordingly Find Jordanian legislator many special protection of women working legal texts, whether in the pregnancy until delivery, and the situation and gave working women pregnant maternity leave, within the rules and regulations of certain must be met, as specified duration of such leave, and arranged to give this holiday a group of rights, and guarantees some of which is a financial nature, including those related to women's health and birth n the care and upbringing.
The protection of women during maternity leave was not far from the attention of many of the ILO conventions providing protection to women during this stage.
The question that this study seeks to answer is: the adequacy of the legal provisions governing maternity leave in providing adequate protection, and necessary for working women during pregnancy or after childbirth situation. Under the provisions of the Jordanian Labour Law No. (8) of 1996, as amended? Compared with the position of the Jordanian legislator international conventions Organization for the Protection of Motherhood issued by the International Labour Organization to show whichever offers the best advantages, and provides greater protection of working women, both at the stage of the situation, or beyond. |