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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Oman announces fines for private sector Covid-19 violations

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Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Bakri, Minister of Manpower,  has issued ministerial decree 167/2020, imposing fine on violations of the decisions of the Supreme Committee to limit the spread the Covid-19 pandemic.


Some of the fines announced by the ministry are:



  1. RO100:  No social distancing signals at work sites or workers' accommodation.

  2. RO 100.  Not wearing masks in public transports or workplaces.

  3. RO 100:  For not providing sanitizers at workplaces or labour accommodations or provision

  4. RO100:    If sanitizers contain less than 60% of alcohol content.

  5. RO100:  No multi-language awareness posters at worksites.

  6. RO 500: No security guards to register or monitor workers and visitors movement in labour accommodations.

  7. RO100: Not disinfecting work tools and equipment.

  8. RO100: For not training workers about precautionary measures to avoid the virus.

  9. RO100: No Internal emergency plan to deal with Covid-19

  10. RO500: No special mechanisms to report workers suspected to have Covid-19.


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