The Ministry of Labour (MOL) issued in this week’s issue of the Official Gazette a new decision regarding the Wage Protection System that repeals a previous decision from 2023 regarding the same topic.
The Wage Protection System is a framework created by the MOL that makes it a legal requirement for all employers in Oman to transfer the salaries of their workers using a specific electronic system through banks and other financial institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Oman. The objective of this system is to ensure that the salaries of workers are paid on time and that there is an electronic record of the transfer of the salaries.
Key changes in the new system include reducing the timeframe for transferring the wages of workers from 7 days to 3 days and introducing new grounds for the exemption from using the wage protection system such as situations where a worker is suspended from work for a reason not attributable to the employer for a period exceeding 30 days.
The new Wage Protection System has already entered into force. You can read it in full in English on the link below: