{"id":3991,"date":"2025-08-19T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:56:42","slug":"qatari-labour-ministry-delegation-reviews-omans-trade-union-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/?p=3991","title":{"rendered":"Qatari Labour Ministry Delegation Reviews Oman&#8217;s Trade Union System"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3991\" class=\"elementor elementor-3991\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778107cc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"778107cc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e7c514 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6e7c514\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5a5f07\" data-id=\"b5a5f07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1969aa1 arabic elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1969aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Qatari Labour Ministry Delegation Reviews Oman's Trade Union System<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2918ea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-reading-progress-bar\" data-id=\"2918ea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-reading-progress-bar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-reading-progress-bar-container\" data-background-type=\"transparent\"><div class=\"wpr-reading-progress-bar\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293b45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"293b45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">17 August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Nabhan Ahmed Al Battashi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW), along with federation specialists, received a delegation from Qatar&#8217;s Ministry of Labour. The delegation was headed by HE Hamad Faraj Dalmuq, Assistant Undersecretary for Expatriate Labour Affairs, and HE Khamis Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Assistant Undersecretary for National Workforce Affairs in the Private Sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The visit aimed to review Oman&#8217;s trade union framework and national labour regulations, as well as the GFOW&#8217;s mandates in key areas. These include organising trade union representation for workers, providing legal support and advocacy for labour claims while explaining relevant procedures, and exploring the GFOW&#8217;s local and international partnerships to improve workers&#8217; conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">During the visit, two presentations were delivered. The first provided an overview of Oman&#8217;s trade union structures, covering the GFOW, &nbsp;sectoral unions, and trade &nbsp;unions. It highlighted 2024 training programmes and awareness campaigns, along with the distribution of unions across governorates and economic sectors. The presentation also addressed women&#8217;s roles in trade union structures, the GFOW&#8217;s complaint-handling mechanisms, key updates to Oman&#8217;s Labour Law and Social Protection Law, and the GFOW&#8217;s contributions through its memberships in local and international councils. Recent cooperation agreements aimed at improving workers&#8217; socio-economic conditions were also discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The second presentation focused on several key aspects, particularly the right to unionise in Oman and the legal framework for trade union work. This included laws established by Royal Decree, ministerial decisions, and statutes governing the GFOW and sectoral unions and trade unions. The presentation also covered the mandates of various trade union structures and highlighted workers&#8217; legal right to peaceful strikes under Labour Law and its regulatory conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0508a66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"0508a66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27dfeb1\" data-id=\"27dfeb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatari Labour Ministry Delegation Reviews Oman&#8217;s Trade Union System 17 August 2025 Nabhan Ahmed Al Battashi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW), along with federation specialists, received a delegation from Qatar&#8217;s Ministry of Labour. The delegation was headed by HE Hamad Faraj Dalmuq, Assistant Undersecretary for Expatriate Labour Affairs, and HE Khamis Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Assistant Undersecretary for National Workforce Affairs in the Private Sector. The visit aimed to review Oman&#8217;s trade union framework and national labour regulations, as well as the GFOW&#8217;s mandates in key areas. These include organising trade union representation for workers, providing legal support and advocacy for labour claims while explaining relevant procedures, and exploring the GFOW&#8217;s local and international partnerships to improve workers&#8217; conditions. During the visit, two presentations were delivered. The first provided an overview of Oman&#8217;s trade union structures, covering the GFOW, &nbsp;sectoral unions, and trade &nbsp;unions. It highlighted 2024 training programmes and awareness campaigns, along with the distribution of unions across governorates and economic sectors. The presentation also addressed women&#8217;s roles in trade union structures, the GFOW&#8217;s complaint-handling mechanisms, key updates to Oman&#8217;s Labour Law and Social Protection Law, and the GFOW&#8217;s contributions through its memberships in local and international councils. Recent cooperation agreements aimed at improving workers&#8217; socio-economic conditions were also discussed. The second presentation focused on several key aspects, particularly the right to unionise in Oman and the legal framework for trade union work. This included laws established by Royal Decree, ministerial decisions, and statutes governing the GFOW and sectoral unions and trade unions. The presentation also covered the mandates of various trade union structures and highlighted workers&#8217; legal right to peaceful strikes under Labour Law and its regulatory conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4394,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions\/4394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfow.om\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}