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Article

4 May 2016

Author:
Rejimon K, Times of Oman

Oman's Ministry of Manpower set to improve legal protections for domestic workers

"Domestic workers set for legal rights in Oman", 27 Apr 2016

“Either in the new labour law or as a separate chapter, we have plans to legalise their rights and provide better protection to domestic workers,” Said Salem Al Saadi, the advisor to the Minister of Manpower, told Times of Oman...Currently, Oman, Qatar and the UAE exclude domestic workers from the ambit of labour laws...Sharan Burrow, the general secretary of International Trade Union Centre, said that Oman’s intention to legislate rights of domestic workers is a very good news...Kuwait has the most effective law regulating domestic workers’ labour rights, which grants them the right to a weekly day off, 30 days of annual paid leave, a 12-hour working day with rest, and an end-of-service benefit of one month per year worked at the end of the contract, among other rights.