TERMINATINGA COLLECTIVE WORK CONTRACT

Abstract

This study addresses issues related tothe termination of collective work contractsin accordance withJordanian Labor laws. It specifically examines a number of scenarios,including scenarios in which laborers are represented by a trade union that terminatesthe contract on their behalf, scenarios in which laborers are notrepresented by a trade union where the legislator does not indicate if acontract must be terminated forawhole group or only for the individuals who represent a group, and scenarios in which the legislator doesnot specify the number of individuals that define a “group” to allow for the legal termination of a collective work contract. The research results indicatedthat the legislator should define their concept of a “group” by stating the number of individuals who would constitute a “group” in this context. The results also determined that legislators should identify and define the characteristics and number of worker representativesfor scenarios in which workers request a collective work contract to define and bind their terms of employment.