Times of Oman | 7 October 2018 Muscat: Employers recruiting expats from overseas must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) in order to legally employ them, under the current laws of Oman. Moreover, expats seeking jobs in the Sultanate must abide by the rules and regulations mentioned in the Labour Act of […]
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Times of Oman | 22 September 2018 “We have nearly 20,000 Nepalis in Oman, most of whom are blue-collar workers. I can see a lot of opportunities for Nepalis here, as the Sultanate provides favourable working and living conditions for expatriates. Also, Nepalis are being welcomed by most of the companies and people in Oman
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Uganda Christian News | 11 September 2018 Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Permanent Secretary, Mr Pius Bigirimana has told journalists that government is investigating reports that Ugandan women seeking employment as domestic workers in Oman, are being trafficked and sold as slaves. Human Rights Watch explained in a 68-page report released 2016 that
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India’s decision to scrap the bank guarantee scheme for employers in Kuwait and Oman is drawing criticism from human rights campaigners. Many believe that the revoking of these schemes will make it harder for domestic workers who are abused or unpaid to get home. India had recently scrapped the $2,500 bank guarantee in Kuwait, followed
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8 December 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: Recruitment agencies will no longer be allowed to hire more than 10 expatriate workers on one permit, under a new rule from the Ministry of Manpower. The agencies, however, will be allowed to apply for permit renewal upon the expiry of the previous permit. The new edict follows
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14 September 2015, Times of Oman Nepal has stopped issuing labour permits to migrant workers whose air tickets and visa fees are not being paid for by their prospective employers in Oman, a senior official of the Nepal Embassy in Muscat said. Speaking to the Times of Oman, the official said the embassy of Nepal
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6 April 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: Bangladesh will explore options to activate a government-to-government recruitment process with Oman in the near future, said the Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs. “In the coming joint commission meeting with the Oman government, which is supposed to be held this year in Oman, the possibilities to activate a government-to-government
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22 February 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: As governments commit to new labour contracts designed to safeguard their citizens overseas, the debate over fair pay and conditions for expatriate maids in Oman has reopened. Some employers in Sultanate have expressed “disappointment” over increasing procedural difficulties when trying to hire domestic staff, while champions of migrant
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23 November 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A move to increase the fee to recruit expatriate labour in Oman has been voted down in the Majlis Al Shura on Sunday. The Majlis Al Shura’s economic committee is holding a meeting to discuss various proposals related to labour recruitment, fuel subsidy and imposing a tax on
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6 August 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A Pakistani blue collar worker is battling for his life against suspected, potentially contagious, brain fever at the Royal Hospital’s intensive care unit. The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Hospital medics said Shahid Muhammad Nawas is suffering from tuberculosis and reportedly, meningitis, too. The 25-year-old patient was admitted to
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