Amman, Aug. 18 (Petra) --The Senate on Tuesday approved the draft law repealing the Civil Service Consumer Corporation Law, as passed by the House of Representatives.

The session was chaired by Senate President Faisal Fayez and attended by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan and members of the Cabinet.

The Senate recommended that the government preserve the rights of employees of the Civil Service Consumer Corporation in accordance with the relevant labor legislation and ensure that their interests are protected.

The Senate also returned the draft Vocational Work Regulation Law to the House of Representatives after introducing several amendments.

Under the amendments, people with professional experience acquired before the law takes effect would be eligible to obtain professional practice licenses without sitting for examinations, according to criteria to be set out in regulations issued for this purpose.

The amendments also provide for recognizing officially certified professional experience gained in other countries, rather than requiring a foreign professional practice license, when considering applications for professional practice licenses.

The Senate further reduced the fine for workers practicing a profession without a license to between JD 50 and JD 200.

Owners of establishments employing unlicensed workers, as well as training service providers that violate the law, would face fines ranging from JD 200 to JD 500.

These penalties would apply without affecting any more severe penalties provided for under other legislation.

The draft law, in the version submitted by the government and approved by the House of Representatives, had set fines of between JD 200 and JD 1,000 for violations of the law and regulations issued under it, in addition to requiring the violation to be remedied.

// Petra//WH