Case Reports EmploymentOctober 27, 2026

Irbid labour court denies JOD 120 wage claim over disputed repayment of salary advance

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An April message proved the wage deduction, but not whether the advance had already been recovered in March. The signed advance receipt did not resolve that question either.

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The decision

The labour court in Irbid denied Rania Haddad’s claim for JOD 120 withheld from her April wages, finding that she had not proved her February salary advance was already repaid through a March deduction. It ordered no payment by either party and awarded no additional amount, interest or costs.

The dispute was not about whether Haddad borrowed the money or whether Samer Nassar withheld it in April. Both were established. The question was whether the April deduction recovered the same debt a second time.

The court's reasons

The April WhatsApp exchange supplied a clear calculation: Haddad earned JOD 360, Nassar deducted JOD 120 for the February advance, and JOD 240 was transferred. Her reply said the advance had already been taken from March pay.

That reply showed she disputed the deduction at the time. But it recorded her assertion, not the underlying March wage transaction. Haddad acknowledged that she had no March wage record or separate repayment receipt. Repeated copies of the April exchange added no independent proof of an earlier deduction.

The signed receipt on which Nassar relied had a different limitation: it supported receipt of the February advance, but did not establish that the debt remained unpaid.

Applying the supplied proof and accounting rules, the court placed the burden on Haddad because her request depended on prior repayment. Nassar did not have to prove that repayment never occurred. The missing March accounting therefore left an uncertainty that prevented her claim from succeeding.

The distinction was between proving a deduction and proving an entitlement to its return. The April figures established the former, but did not establish that the advance had already been recovered.

The parties' submissions

Haddad accepted receiving the advance and sought only the JOD 120 withheld in April. She relied on Nassar’s message and her contemporaneous objection, while acknowledging that the exchange did not independently prove a March deduction. Her request was conditional on the court finding that repayment had already occurred.

Nassar disputed repayment in March and relied on the signed advance receipt. His submissions identified no March wage record or other accounting resolving whether that deduction occurred.

Nassar also requested the JOD 120 he said remained owed. The court found no separate claim for a payment order in his favour was properly before it.

The background

Haddad received the JOD 120 cash advance at an Irbid shop on 12 February and signed a receipt retained by Nassar. She later maintained that it was deducted from her March wages. Nassar accepted that she earned the full JOD 360 April salary but withheld JOD 120 because he believed the advance remained unpaid.

The ruling leaves the disputed March transaction unresolved. It does not establish that no March deduction occurred; it establishes only that the available evidence did not prove one. Nor does the denial give Nassar a separate right to collect another JOD 120.