GFOW monitoring reports about violations of workers’ rights

The General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW) in the Sultanate has said it continues to receive reports about violations against the expatriate workers, which include deduction in their wages and threat to end the service.

The GFOW added it has also been monitoring reports of violation of the rights of both, Omani and expatriate manpower.

So far the GFOW has received 94 reports of labour violations that included non-payment and deduction of wages, forcing workers to proceed on unpaid leave, not committing to reduce the number of workers at work sites, notification of termination of service and deduction of the quarantine period from the annual leave. On Sunday, the GFOW said, total of 80 violations were

So far the General Federation of Oman Workers has received 94 reports of labour violations that included non-payment and deduction of wages, forcing workers to proceed on unpaid leave

a registered, and 30 of them were during the period between April 5 and 9. Muscat Governorate topped the list with 59 violations followed by eight in North Batinah.

The federation pointed out that the number of violations observed is constantly increasing and includes a number of humanitarian aspects of the expatriate workforce, some of which are related to the minimum requirements for living, such as the availability of adequate housing, food and the payment of wages.

The federation called on the private sector institutions to exert more efforts to protect the national and expatriate workforce and commitment to pay their wages and to ensure the availability of the necessary health standards in their workplaces and residences and the need to make them aware of the precautionary measures issued by the competent authorities.