Free Payslip Generator (Jordan)

Jordan's Labour Law No. 8 of 1996 regulates how the wage is paid and what may come off it. Article 46(A) requires wages to be paid within seven days of the date they fall due, and forbids the employer to deduct any part except where the law allows. Under Article 46(B), an employee who signs a wage register, record or receipt for an amount does not give up the right to anything further due under the law, a regulation or the contract.

Article 47 lists the only permitted deductions: recovery of advances (each instalment limited to 10% of the wage), repayment of an overpayment, social security contributions and other deductions required by law, savings-fund subscriptions, housing provided by the employer at the agreed rate, court-ordered debts, and amounts imposed for breaching the establishment's rules or for damaged tools under the Law's own provisions. A payslip that lists each of these as a separate line shows the employee exactly what was taken and on what ground.

Two caps matter in practice. A disciplinary fine may not exceed three days' wage in a month and must be entered in a special register with the employee's name, wage and reason (Article 48). A deduction for lost or damaged property may not exceed five days' wage in a month (Article 49). The employer must also notify the Ministry of Labour each January of employee numbers, positions and wages (Article 8(A)).

Social security contributions in the private sector are paid to the Social Security Corporation. The total is 21.75% of the wage subject to social security, split 7.5% deducted from the employee and 14.25% borne by the employer.

The employee's 7.5% is made up of 6.5% for old-age, disability and death insurance and 1% for unemployment insurance. The employer's 14.25% is 11% for old-age, disability and death, 2% for work injury, 0.75% for maternity and 0.5% for unemployment. Where the employee works in a hazardous occupation, the employer pays a further 1% of the insured wage, making 15.25%.

The insured wage on which contributions are calculated cannot be lower than the minimum wage set under the Labour Law, which the Corporation states is currently 290 JOD a month, subject to special rules for sectors where the minimum is lower. An agreement between employer and employee to leave the employee out of social security is unlawful, and the employer carries the resulting interest and fines.