Muscat: The Omani Ministry of Labour has amended the conditions for entitlement to end-of-service benefits for non-Omanis working for government offices with permanent work contracts.
This rule is applicable for those employees who have not completed 10 years of service and new employees.
Dr Mahad bin Saeed Baouin, the Omani Minister of Labour, said that the end of service grant is determined at the rate of one month’s salary for each year of service, with a ceiling of maximum ten months for grades up to six and for grades above the ceiling is fixed at twelve months. The above is again subject to the amount not exceeding OMR 12,000.
Service term
Prior to this revision, the law had stipulated the benefit calculated at the rate of one month for each year of service up to 12 months for all financial ranks, without specifying a ceiling for the value of the amount.
Minimum service term for qualifying for this benefit has also been revised as five years. An exception to this rule is made for those whose services have been terminated, or whose service has stopped due to death or due to any inability to work.
Expatriate employees are also not entitled to receive the end of service benefits if he is punished with dismissal from service, or if his services are terminated as a result of a court ruling issued on crime involving breach of honor or trust.
