As the days passed that Juan in Oman is constantly providing news and information for our kababayans in Oman, almost each post in our Facebook page have a comment that is complaining regarding their work situation.
Most of the comments are coming from our dear kababayans who works as a Domestic helper.
Sultanate of Oman through the Ministry of Manpower has an existing Labor law, unfortunately, in Chapter Two of the said Labor Law – General and Transitional Provisions, Article (2) item number 3 states that – “Domestic servants working inside houses or outside houses such as a driver, maid and a cook and those with similar jobs.”
Check out the Oman Labor Law – https://www.juaninoman.com/oman-labour-law/
But don’t worry, Ministry of Manpower confirmed that they are planning more legal protection for domestic workers.
“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.
Earlier this year, Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) have published the Human Rights Handbook for Expat where it contains the rights and duties of domestic workers in Oman and it is writes as follows:
Domestic workers enjoy a range of rights as prescribed by Ministerial Decision No. 189/2004.
If the above list of rights is not met by your employer, you have all the capabilities and rights to complain to the proper authority, we will discuss the process on how to settle a dispute in our upcoming post.
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