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Private firms urged to take advantage of grace period to change work status

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Muscat: The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has urged private sector institutions to take advantage of the Ministry of Labor decision to allow a grace period to correct the conditions of the non-Omani workforce working for them.


The Ministry of Labour has announced that employers will get a grace period to correct the status of their expatriate employees between December 6 and January 6, as part of the efforts to regulate the labor market.


The decision, which was announced on Tuesday, allows modifying the professions of the non-Omani workforce from the banned sectors to other professions or vice versa and permitting the amendment of occupations at different professional levels in accordance with the requirements of the profession.


Transfer of non-Omani manpower data from one activity to another in the same establishment according to the licensing requirements of the business.


The decision allows amending the wages of the non-Omani workforce according to the approved work contract.


Permission to transfer non-Omani manpower services from one employer to another according to the controls and prescribed actions.


An employer may apply for a license to recruit and engage in work a non-Omani citizen from inside the Sultanate in the suspended activities if conditions are met.


It allows cancellation of the worker leaving the work notification after paying the fees decided to cancel the report, fees and fines resulting from the expiration of the worker’s license to practice work, and an exception to the period stipulated for canceling the notification by the employer.


Eng Redha bin Juma al Saleh, OCCI chairman, said in a statement earlier that the decision comes at an important stage in which private sector companies seek to restructure their operations to mitigate the effects of the Covid 19 crisis, which has cast a shadow over the labor market.”


Al Saleh said, “The decision of the Ministry of Labour comes in line with the decisions of the Supreme Committee to help develop new business models and transform as per the changes taking place both locally and globally. It is important for businesses to employ technology and restructure their activities and contribute to the development and regulation of the labor market.”


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