Some 133,000 of the total 251,009 Omanis in the private sector earned between OMR325 and OMR500 by the end of November. The NCSI reported that the unemployment rate for Omanis between the ages of 25 and 29 dropped 13.6 per cent over the last month.
The decision to reduce service fee for patents, utility models and industrial designs for students, research centres and…
110 Views | the publication reaches you by | Oman NewsAccording to the NCSI, of the 2,041,190 workers in the private sector, only 238,688 are Omani, with the vast majority – 87.72 per cent – being expatriates.
More than 40,000 Omanis have been given jobs in private sector companies as part of the government’s Omanisation policy.
Between October 2017 and 2018, the number of expats in the labour force decreased by 3.4 per cent and currently stands at 1,739,473, down from 1,795,689 in December 2017.
The biggest drop was in the construction sector, which decreased by 13.69 per cent in October 2018.
The manufacturing (5.2 per cent), engineering (6.8 per cent), industrial (5.9 per cent), mining (6.47 per cent), agriculture (1.4 per cent), and finance (2.1 per cent) sectors showed a rise in the number of Omanis replacing expat workers.
The six-month ban on hiring expat workers across 87 job roles was imposed on January 28, 2018, to make room for locals within the workforce.
The hiring freeze came into effect following the issuance of ministerial decree 2018/38, which was issued by Minister of Manpower Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri. In July, it was extended for another six months.
In a significant endorsement that will support exports to European Union (EU) markets, Oman’s largest cement manufacturer, Raysut…
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