MUSCAT: The Minister of Labour has approved a decision to issue contracts for Omanis occupying permanent government jobs in the country.

In a decision issued by His Excellency Professor Mahad Bin Said Bin Ali Baawain on Sunday, permanent jobs for Omani employees in the state’s administrative apparatus shall be by contracts.

According to the decision, the contract will be renewed automatically if neither party fails to inform two months in advance about the unwillingness to continue. Each of the parties may terminate the contract before the end of the contractual year without expressing the reasons, provided that the other party is notified of this before the termination by a period of no less than three months, during this time, the second party will remain in service. 

“The first party may waive the right of the second party to continue working after they have been notified of termination, or will require them to continue working until the end of their notice period, if circumstances so require, provided this does not conflict with the interest of the work, and provided that this notice period is fully calculated within the actual service period of the second party.”