Pay wages through banks or face action

The Ministry of Manpower has reiterated that employees in the Sultanate be paid their salaries through bank accounts.

“The authorities are tracking private firms that fail to pay workers the wages on time through banks or other financial institutions. Defaulters will face stringent legal measures,” warned a senior official at the ministry.

According to the official, companies have been advised to strictly follow the new Wage Protection System launched by the ministry in cooperation with the Central Bank of Oman.

“All companies are under the scanner of the new system which automatically alerts the ministry when firms fail to pay salaries, that too, on time,” he said.

With the new system, workers no longer need to approach the ministry with their complaints of non-payment of salaries as the system automatically sends out an alert in this regard.

“The system also helps us ensure that workers receive their wages for the exact amount agreed upon in

All companies are under the scanner of the new system which automatically alerts the ministry when firms fail to pay salaries, that too, on time SENIOR OFFICIAL Ministry of Manpower

their contracts,” the official said.

Wage Protection System is an electronic salary transfer system that companies in Oman are mandated to use for the payment of workers’ wages through banks.

The system also helps the ministry to create a database that records wage payments in the private sector to guarantee timely and full payment of agreed-upon wages.

It covers all companies registered with the ministry across all sectors and industries and will benefit different categories.