Oman - 2011

Population: 2,800,000
Capital: Muscat
Migrant workers must contend with difficult working and living conditions. The right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike is recognised but with restrictions.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)

reported violations - 2011

Murders: none reported
Attempted Murders: none reported
Threats: none reported
Injuries: none reported
Arrests: none reported
Imprisonments: none reported
Dismissals: none reported
Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Background

Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said celebrated his fortieth year as leader of this monarchy. All important decisions are made by him. He is Prime Minister and also holds the defence, economic and foreign affairs portfolios.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 2,800,000
Capital: Muscat

reported violations- 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Trade union rights in law

Despite recent improvements to trade union rights, problematic areas remain in the law. Two decrees adopted in 2006 and 2007 grant workers the right to form trade unions, when previously only “representation committees” were allowed. More than one union can now operate per company, and employers are prohibited from punishing or dismissing workers for union activities. However, the reference to the “General Federation of the Sultanate of Oman” implies a monopoly with a single trade union federation. The Ministry of Employment may also refuse to register a union “if it is not convinced” that all the requirements have been met. Furthermore, there must be at least 25 employees for a union to be formed, regardless of the size of the company, and security and government personnel are not allowed to organise. Trade union activities are restricted by the requirement that unions notify the government at least one month in advance of union meetings.

While wages and working conditions were previously set by law or individual contracts, workers are now allowed to carry out collective bargaining collective bargaining The process of negotiating mutually acceptable terms and conditions of employment as well as regulating industrial relations between one or more workers’ representatives, trade unions, or trade union centres on the one hand and an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organisations on the other.

See collective bargaining agreement
. Still, the procedures for calling a lawful strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike are cumbersome, as a strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike must be supported by an absolute majority of the workforce, and notice of the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike must be given to the employer at least three weeks in advance.

Additional information regarding the legislation
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 2,800,000
Capital: Muscat

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

In practice

Setting up of a trade union centre: Since the decree enacted in 2006 by the Sultan of Oman granting the right to set up trade unions, approximately 70 trade unions have been set up in the country. The General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU) was set up on 15 February. The Executive Bureau is composed of 11 members, 2 of which are women.
Difficult working and living conditions for migrants: They are approximately 826,000 migrant workers in Oman, a third of which work in the construction sector. They generally work and live in appalling conditions as their fundamental rights are ignored by employers and the government’s inspection services do not intervene. The majority of construction workers have to live in wooden huts with deplorable sanitary conditions which provide no shelter from the extreme temperatures. Many suffer from food poisoning, heat-stroke and injuries caused by falls from scaffolding in particular.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 2,800,000
Capital: Muscat

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
29 Forced Labour (1930) 105 Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) 138 Minimum Age for Employment (1973) 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
Population: 2,800,000
Capital: Muscat

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher
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