Muscat: Private sector employees in Oman will now have five-day working week besides a 30-day paid leave and six days emergency leave in a year with full pay, according to the latest amendments to the country Labour Laws announced by Shaikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Bakri, Manpower Minister.
"The amendments introduced to the provisions of the Labour Law have taken into consideration the interests of all production stakeholders," he said in a statement issued in Arabic by the ministry on Saturday evening.
The amendments, he pointed out, included the right of workers to have not less than 30 days paid leave, in addition to six days emergency leave with full payment.
"The worker may not work more than nine hours per day and a maximum of 45 hours a week with at least half an hour break," the minister added.
The Law allows labourers to work extra hours if the need arises subject that the basic work hours and overtime hours are not more than 12 hours per day. The worker will get the basic salary for the hour plus 25 per cent for the working hours during day time.
He added that the amendments regularize the working of females during evening shifts and giving her 50 days paid leave pre and post maternity subject that the leave is given not more than three times during the service period.
Al Bakri reckons that the amendments will have a positive impact on improving the working conditions for the national manpower at the private sector, promoting the turn out by the national manpower for work at the private sector and increasing their productivity.
