Oman to Implement Maternity Leave Insurance from 19 July 2024

Muscat, The Social Protection Fund announced that, with effect from 19 July 2024, the maternity leave insurance will be implemented in the Sultanate of Oman. This was unveiled during a media briefing organized by the Social Protection Fund in Muscat today. The Fund pointed out that the maternity leave insurance mandate was endorsed through elaboration on working papers submitted by a set of institutions concerned, namely the Social Protection Fund, the UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Social Development. The maternity leave insurance benefits all Omanis working in the Sultanate of Oman in all sectors. It includes all Omanis working under employment contracts of various types. It also pertains to temporary contracts, training contracts and retired workers, as well as all non-Omani workers employed in units of the State's Administrative Apparatus and workers in priva te sector business establishments that are governed by the provisions of the labour law. The employer (employment party) is mandated to pay 1 percent as subscription towards the 'Maternity Leave Insurance'. The sum shall be calculated vide the full wage, without a specific ceiling and on a daily basis. The dues of the 'Maternity Leave Insurance' include the maternity leave allowance, the paternity leave allowance, the childcare leave and the maternity leave allowance for past employees/workers whose services have been ended but they are still eligible to job security allowance. Source: Oman News Agency