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Oman to impose fines for private sector companies violating COVID-19 rules

TAS News Service

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

MUSCAT: Private sector companies in Oman violating the Supreme Committee’s decision will be liable to pay fines ranging from OMR 100 to OMR 500, Ministry of Manpower said on Sunday.

Following are the fines stipulated by the Ministry of Manpower: 

1.    OMR 300 fine: If companies do not have any emergency plan to deal with coronavirus.

2.    OMR 100 fine: Companies will be fined if their staff do not wear face masks in workplaces, and public transport. 

3.    OMR 100: Companies will be fined if they are not providing hand sanitisers to staff in their workplaces and labour accommodations. Alcohol content must not be less than 60% in sanitisers.

4.     OMR 100: Companies will be fined if they are not recording the daily temperature of staff. 

5.     OMR 500: Companies will be fined if they are no mechanisms to report workers suspected of having Covid-19.

6.     OMR 100:Companies will be fined if they do not have social distancing signals in work places, pantry, and waiting area.

7.     OMR 100: Companies will be fined if they do not have Covid-19 related posters in different languages in workplaces.

8.     OMR 100: Companies will be fined if they do not have disinfecting work tools and equipment.

9.     OMR 500: Companies that do not have a security to monitor entry of staff/visitor movement in labour accommodations.

10.  OMR 100: Companies will be fined if they are not training staff on how to contain the spread of the virus.  

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