MUSCAT: The General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW) has received 80 complaints last week from both Omanis and expatriate workers.
GFOW said it closely monitoring the conditions of expatriate and Omani workforce in private sector companies. Last month, many companies had deducted salaries of workers in the wake of coronavirus crisis in the country.
In a statement issued by GFOW said the number of violations among companies are increasing some of which are related to the minimum requirements for living, such as the availability of adequate housing, food and the payment of wages of expat workers.
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According to GFOW, 59 complaints were received from Muscat region alone.
“The Federation calls on the private sector institutions to exert more effort to protect the national and expatriate workforce and commitment to pay their wages and to ensure the availability of the necessary health standards in their workplaces at residences and the need to make them aware of the precautionary measures issued by the competent authorities,” the statement said.
