Oman: Ministerial Decision No. 570/2012 Regulating the Formation, Work and Registration of Labour Trade Unions, Federations and the General Federation of Oman Trade Unions

Title

Oman: Ministerial Decision No. 570/2012 Regulating the Formation, Work and Registration of Labour Trade Unions, Federations and the General Federation of Oman Trade Unions

Date of adoption

Entry into force

Text versions

English

Source:

– Said al Shahry Legal Training Centre, Official Journal Issue No. 988, pp. 1-17.

–  NATLEX, International Labour Organization, accessed: 20 October 2014, http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/MONOGRAPH/91588/106392/F1625820612/Oman%20legal-196%20ev.pdf

Abstract

In accordance with Art. 2 of this decision, workers may form from among them labor trade unions to safeguard their interests, defend their rights and improve their financial and social status and to represent them in all matters relating to their affairs.

The worker is entitled to join or withdraw from a trade union and he may not be prevented from exercising his trade union activity or coerced to join or withdraw from a labor union (Art. 3).

The worker must meet a number of conditions, listed in Art. 4, in order to be allowed to join a labour trade union. These do not include being an Omani citizen. However, one of the conditions for becoming a member of the Administrative Body of the trade union is being an Omani national (Art. 11).