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Social Protection Law: Some provisions to be effective tomorrow

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Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Wednesday issued Royal Decree 52/2023 promulgating the Social Protection Law, after presenting the same before the Council of Oman.


The Decree set January 1 as the date for the implementation of the Social Protection Law, but a number of Articles (72, 75, 76, 77, 83 and 84 ) will come into effect from tomorrow.


Following articles will come into effect from tomorrow.


Article 72: The elderly pension is entitled to everyone who has reached the age of the elderly.


Article 75: The insured may request early retirement that is not subject to deduction rates in the following cases:


1- The insured man has reached an elderly age. (According to the law, the age is 60 years)


2- The insured woman attains an age less than the age of the elderly by (5) five years.


3- The insured person working in hazardous and hard work has reached an age less than the age of the elderly by five years for the man, by ten years for woman, provided that the period of service in the dangerous and hard work is not less than 20 years, in accordance with the provisions of Article (79) of this law.


4- The insured person in the military or security agencies attains an age less than the age of the elderly by five years, provided that his period of service in those agencies is not less than 20 years, in accordance with the provisions of Article (79) of this law.


5- The insured person with disabilities attains an age less than the age of the elderly by ten years, provided that his actual service period during disability is not less than 15 years, in accordance with the provisions of Article (79) of this law.


Early retirement.


Article 76 - The insured may request early retirement subject to deduction rates after reaching an age that precedes the age of early retirement not subject to deduction rates by five years, provided that the service periods stipulated in Article (75) of this law are fulfilled for dangerous and arduous work and members of the apparatus. Military or security, provided that the number of years of active service is not less than twenty years for all categories, and (15) fifteen years for the insured person with disabilities.


In all cases, all groups are entitled to request early retirement subject to deduction rates upon completing (30) thirty years of active service without requiring a specific age.


The number of years of service required for early retirement without requiring age shall be amended at each amendment to the age of the elderly by adding a number of years equal to the increase in the age of the elderly. the elderly.


Article 77 - The insured may submit a request for early retirement, provided that he or she has an actual recorded service period of no less than 20 years prior to the date of issuance of this law, and that he fulfills any other conditions for retirement - if any - in accordance with the provisions of the previous retirement system before Implementation of the provisions of this law.


As an exception to the provisions of age and periods of service stipulated in Article (76) of this law, and the years of service for this entitlement shall be compulsory if they are less than 20 years in accordance with the provisions of the system applicable to the insured before the issuance of this law.


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Article 83- The insured who is paid a pension - with the exception of the permanent partial occupational disability pension - shall be entitled, at the end of his service, to a lump sum pension award for his period of service subsequent to obtaining the pension, unless the periods of service are combined in accordance with the provisions of this law, and these are not disbursed remuneration only after the age of retirement subject to deduction, disability or death rates.


The reward for loss of pension is calculated by multiplying the subsequent period of service, which starts from the date of entry into force of the provisions of this law, by the average future value of the wages of that period and and according to the last salary before the effective date of the provisions of this law.


Article 84 - It is not permissible to pay a reward for loss of a pension, a reward for replacing a pension, returning contributions, or the like, to the insured who has not been paid a pension, and the insured’s rights established under the provisions of this law shall not be forfeited by the interruption of service periods.


To be implemented later


The insurance for work injuries and occupational diseases for non-Omani workers shall come into force after three years from the date of issuance of this decree.


Chapter Six of Part Three of the attached law shall come into force after two years from the date of issuance of this decree.


Chapter Seven of Part Three of the attached law shall come into effect one year after the date of issuance of this decree.


Clause (1) of Article (139) of the attached law shall come into effect from the date specified by the Board of Directors of the Social Protection Fund, not exceeding three years from the date of issuance of this decree.


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