Dashing hopes of many who wished Oman adopted a four-day workweek, H E Dr Mahad bin Said bin Ali Ba'owain, Minister of Labour, has clarified that there is “no intention” to do so.
As the sultanate is pushing forward its Omanisation programme with the aim of creating employment opportunities for citizens, the attention accorded by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to youth got reflected in the Royal support to employment initiatives.
The Ministry of Labour (MoL) at a meeting on Sunday with several ministers and governors discussed the mechanism of employment in the public and private sectors, investment in governorates, ways to localise professions and the challenges facing the governorates in these areas.
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Muscat - The government’s Omanisation efforts to replace expatriate workers with locals is progressing in earnest and the Ministry of Labour (MoL) has in recent past intensified a long-standing programme to create employment opportunities for citizens by training and equipping them with additional skills.