Muscat – The new maternity leave provisions under the Social Protection Law apply equally to Omani and non-Omani full-time female employees.

As per the benefits of the maternity leave insurance program, the value of allowance is full pay for 98 days, of which fourteen days may be prior to the delivery date, states the SPF website.
If the covered person dies while giving birth or on leave, the insured father is entitled to the mother’s remaining leave allowance for childcare. If the uninsured mother dies during birth or during the leave in issue, the insured father is equally entitled to the same leave allowance.

Within one year of the expiration of the first period, the insured person has the right to request for leave to care for the child without maternity leave allowance for 98 days. The maternity leave insurance branch shall pay the whole contributions of the covered person and the employer to the old-age, disability, and death insurance branch and the job security insurance branch for the duration of the leave period.