Oman government developing program to guarantee residents’ salaries are paid on time

Construction workers on a site in Muscat, Oman (Shutterstock)
Updated 13 September 2017
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Oman government developing program to guarantee residents’ salaries are paid on time

DUBAI: The Omani government is developing a new program that will track private firms that fail to pay workers the correct wage on time.
Once launched, such a scheme would ultimately secure residents’ salaries, national news outlet, Times of Oman reported citing the country's Ministry of Manpower.
The government is “working on developing” a system that will automatically alert the ministry when private firms fail to pay salaries on time.
“Workers will no longer need to report to the Ministry of Manpower when they do not receive their salaries,” the ministry said in an online statement, adding: “As the wage protection program will notify the ministry of any delay by businesses to pay wages.”
The statement added that the aim of the program was to guarantee that workers received their wages for the exact amount agreed and always on time.
“The program is not active yet, but the ministry is still working on developing it,” a ministry spokesman told Times of Oman.
The report did not go into details of what would happen to firms that did fail to pay employees on time, but similar schemes set up in neighboring countries such as the UAE have involved heavy fines and other penalties.


Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV says Israeli strike hit Beirut office

Updated 03 March 2026
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Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV says Israeli strike hit Beirut office

  • Israel “targets the Al-Manar Channel building in the Haret Hreik area,” Al-Manar wrote on Telegram, referring to a part of south Beirut

BEIRUT, Lebanon: An Israeli strike hit the south Beirut office of Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, the broadcaster said on Tuesday.
Israel “targets the Al-Manar Channel building in the Haret Hreik area,” Al-Manar wrote on Telegram, referring to a part of south Beirut.