DUBAI: The General Federation of Oman Workers said forcing employees to go on unpaid leave because of the coronavirus crisis is illegal and violators will be dealt with accordingly, local daily Times of Oman reported.
Dozens of reports were submitted to the federation indicating companies had been violating labor rights, including salary deductions and not adhering to work-from-home mandates.
The reports of violations have continued to increase, the federation said, adding it will continue to monitor the situation.
The federation emphasized the private sector’s responsibility to “protect the national and expatriate workforce and commit to paying their wages, as well as ensure the availability of the necessary health standards at their workplace.”
Oman calls out companies forcing workers to go on unpaid leave due to coronavirus
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Oman calls out companies forcing workers to go on unpaid leave due to coronavirus
- The reports of violations have continued to increase, the federation said, adding it will continue to monitor the situation
Israel agrees to ‘limited reopening’ of Rafah crossing: PM’s office
- The announcement came after visiting US envoys reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza
JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday it would allow a “limited reopening” of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt once it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory.
The announcement came after visiting US envoys reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza.
Reopening Rafah forms part of a Gaza truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed after Israeli forces took control of it during the war.
The Israeli military also said it was searching a cemetery in the Gaza Strip on Sunday for the remains of the last hostage, Ran Gvili, a non-commissioned officer in the police’s elite Yassam unit.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the reopening would depend on “the return of all living hostages and a 100 percent effort by Hamas to locate and return all deceased hostages,” Netanyahu’s office said on X.
It said Israel’s military was “currently conducting a focused operation to exhaust all of the intelligence that has been gathered in the effort to locate and return” Gvili’s body.
“Upon completion of this operation, and in accordance with what has been agreed upon with the US, Israel will open the Rafah Crossing,” it said.
