By: Times News Service
Photo - Khalifa Al Ghafili
Muscat: The Public Authority of Social Insurance announced the extension of the period of disbursing the job security benefit for a period of one year instead of six months.
According to PASI, the number of beneficiaries has increased since the application of the system from 2,800 beneficiaries to nearly 6,000 beneficiaries in March 2021.
The authority said: “Based on the package of social protection initiatives blessed by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin TariK during his presidency of the meeting of the Supreme Committee of the National Program for Financial Balance, which is announced at financial cost of the package exceeds OMR 100 million include extending the period of disbursement of the job security benefit for applications that meet the prescribed conditions, to a period reach one year or 14 months in case of exceptions ending at the end of 2021, and to allow applications that are later than the specified period, until t