Oman Ministerial Decision No. 143/2016 On the Extension of the Temporary Ban of Recruitment of Non-Omani Workforce for Some Professions

Pursuant to the Labour Law promulgated by Oman Sultani Decree No. 35/2003;

Oman Ministerial Decision No. 608/2013 on the temporary ban of recruitment of non-Omani workforce for some professions;

Oman Ministerial Decision No. 331/2015 on the extension of the temporary ban of recruitment of non-Omani workforce for some professions; and

Based on the public interest requirements;

It was decided:

Article 1

The period of the temporary ban of recruitment of non-Omani workforce at the private sector's facilities, determined in the aforementioned Ministerial Decision no. 608/2013, shall be extended for another six-month period.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force as of 1 June 2016.

Issued on: 17 Shaaban 1437 H.

Corresponding to: 17 October 2005

Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri

Minister of Workforce

This Decision was published in Official Gazette Issue no. 1148 dated 29 May 2016.