Wages Protection Scheme

In Muscat, strike is banned in national level. To sort out labour related issues, an organization similar to our Centre of Administrative Tribunal exists. But that organization is not empowered to discuss wages or working conditions.

There is a Wages Protection System in the country. In this system, the firm employing workers, after registering with Ministry of Labour, makes an agreement with an authorized bank which credits the wages to the accounts of the workers .and issues them with ATM cards to enable them draw money. The commission for this if applicable will be borne by the company and not by the workers. By this there is a record of the payment of wages to the workers and this is under surveillance or regulation.

Exploitation of workers, underpayment etc are avoided by this system.