Global HR Compliance in Jordan

If your company is hiring or planning to hire talent in Jordan, a clear understanding of local labour law is essential. This Hiring and Firing Workforce in Jordan guide outlines the key rules and employer obligations that shape the local employment environment, helping international companies mitigate risk and maintain full legal compliance.

• Expanding product reach into Jordan’s domestic market.
• Supporting cross-border service delivery with local presence.
• Onboarding project-based contractors tied to client delivery.
• Securing rare technical or sector-specific skills.
• Hiring a single local sales representative.
• Building an entire distributed or hybrid team.
• Converting long-serving contractors to employees.
• Managing short-term assignments requiring immigration sponsorship.

What all these cases share is the need to hire and pay workers in Jordan legally, compliantly, and efficiently.

One common friction point is how to structure compliant monthly payroll, benefits, and bonuses for remote or commission-based roles, especially in markets like Jordan where misclassification, permanent establishment risk, or immigration breaches can result in steep penalties.

Acumen International’s Global Employer of Record (EOR) solution is built to solve these challenges. We act as the legal employer on your behalf, enabling you to engage and manage your workforce in Jordan—whether blue-collar or white-collar, local or foreign, long-term or short-term without needing to set up a local legal entity.

We take responsibility for payroll, statutory benefits, taxes, and social contributions. Our global infrastructure supports 190+ countries, and our 24/7 multilingual team ensures smooth, compliant delivery backed by deep knowledge of local law and practice.

Explore the detailed labour guidelines below or speak to us directly if you’re planning a hire in Jordan and want to get it right from day one.

Hiring and Firing Workforce in Jordan Guide

Employment Contracts

Employment contracts in Jordan must be in writing, drafted in Arabic, and provided in duplicate. Fixed-term contracts can last up to five years and automatically convert to indefinite contracts if employment continues beyond the term. Indefinite contracts continue until terminated by mutual or unilateral decision.

Minimum Statutory Employment Rights

Working Hours

• Standard: Maximum 8 hours/day or 48 hours/week.
• Exceptions: Hotel, restaurant, cinema sectors have a maximum of 54 hours/week.
• Weekend: Typically Friday for private businesses, Friday and Saturday for banks and government offices.

Probation Period

• Maximum probation: 3 months.
• Termination during probation requires no notice or severance pay.
• Continuation beyond probation converts employment to indefinite.

Annual Leave

• 14 days fully paid annual leave per year.
• Increased to 21 days after five years of continuous employment.
• Unused leave paid upon employment termination.

Parental Leave

• Maternity leave: 10 weeks fully paid (minimum 6 weeks post-childbirth).
• Unpaid childcare leave: Up to one year for companies employing more than 10 workers.
• Daily breastfeeding allowance: Minimum of 1 hour.

Sick Leave

• 14 days fully paid sick leave annually.
• Additional 14 fully paid days for hospitalisation.
• Additional 14 half-paid days with medical certification.

Overtime

• Voluntary with employee consent.
• Payment: 125% of normal hourly rate, 150% on weekends and public holidays.

Minimum Wage

• Current minimum monthly wage: 220 Jordanian dinars (~$310 USD). There is no legal requirement for extra monthly salary payments at the end or mid‑year (commonly called 13th or 14th salary) in Jordan

Employment Termination in Jordan

• Both employers and employees can terminate employment contracts with proper legal notice.
• Employer-initiated termination requires minimum one-month notice and severance pay based on tenure:
  • ≥ 6 months: 0.5 month salary
  • ≥ 9 months: 0.75 month salary
  • ≥ 1 year: 1 month salary
  • ≥ 2 years: 2 months salary
  • ≥ 4 years: 4 months salary
  • ≥ 5 years: 5 months salary
  • ≥ 10 years: 10 months salary
  • ≥ 20 years: 20 months salary
• Employee-initiated termination requires one-month notice, with potential indemnity payable by employee for justified employer claims.

Use the Global Payroll Calculator to Assess Real Employment Costs in Jordan

Hiring in Jordan requires more than budgeting for gross salary. Total employment cost includes mandatory social security contributions, healthcare levies, and tax liabilities plus the complexity of currency exchange, bonus payments, and termination reserves.

Acumen International’s Global Payroll Calculator gives you an accurate, role-specific estimate of what it truly costs to hire in Jordan. It factors in:

• Total cost-to-employer breakdowns across salary, taxes, and contributions
• Net-to-gross and gross-to-net salary projections by job type and level
• Statutory and discretionary benefit cost estimates
• End-of-service liabilities and termination cost modelling
• Currency conversion and FX volatility safeguards
• Multi-country comparisons for headcount planning
• Statutory employer contributions
• Mandatory and optional benefits
• Local tax compliance inputs
• Real-time currency calculations

Whether you’re hiring for a technical role in or deploying short-term staff on a regional project, Global Payroll Calculator lets you plan precisely, compare labour costs across jurisdictions, and avoid unpleasant surprises post-hire.

Access the calculator to model different scenarios and compare labour costs across 190+ countries, including Jordan.

Simplify Your Global Workforce Management with Acumen International

Acumen International enables compliant hiring in Jordan without the delay, complexity, or liability of setting up your own entity. Our Global Employer of Record (EOR) solutions are designed for operational agility, whether you’re onboarding one person or a team, scaling up or winding down, hiring locals or relocating foreign nationals. We manage payroll, benefits, tax, social security, and immigration compliance in-country, keeping your workforce protected and your business legally covered.

To discuss a specific hire or expansion scenario in Jordan, contact Acumen International’s global employment team.