Title

Oman: Sultan’s Decree No. 113 of 2011 Amending Some Provisions of the Labour Law

Date of adoption

Entry into force

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Source:

• Official Journal Issue No. 949, International Labour Organisation, accessed: 10 February 2015, http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/89705/103123/F-715997155/OMN-2011-R-89705%20%20PDF%20ARABIC.pdf

Abstract

Under the new Art. 53, an employee’s salary shall be transferred to his account in one of the local banks.

Art. 68 stipulates that a worker may not be required for more than nine hours a day and forty-five hours a week, which shall include a half-hour break. The working hours during the month of Ramadan are set at six hours a day or thirty hours a week for Muslim employees.

Art. 70 regulates overtime work and compensation.

In accordance with Art. 71, the employer shall grant his employees a weekly rest of two consecutive days.

A new item is added to Art. 18 bis: “4 – professions and businesses whose permit for recruiting non-Omani workforce has been temporarily suspended”.

Paragraphs 4 & 5 of Art. 114 are repealed.