Salary deductions and unpaid leave among worker complaints filed with Oman trade union

Merge 104.8  |  16 August 2020

Reducing employees’ annual leaves, forcing staff to take their annual leaves, and cutting salaries are some of the recent complaints filed with the General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW).

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In a statement issued online, the GFOW said that it has received a total of 353 complaints registered with the organization from employees and labourers in various governorates, with 161 cases mediated and resolved thus far.

In the last week, a total of five reports were filed between August 9-13, 2020, the GFOW confirmed. Other subjects of complaints registered with the organization include deducting COVID-19 quarantine periods from an employee’s annual leave, termination of services, or forcing workers to take unpaid leave.