Oman to implement e-employment contract system

Muscat: Job seekers and employers will soon be able to handle contract documents via an electronic employment system on the Ministry of Manpower’s website.
An e-employment contract, as it is called, is a system implemented by the ministry for the national workforce in order to facilitate the process of employment.
Company representatives and job seekers won’t need to visit the ministry to complete the process but would do it electronically.
“The company won’t need to come to the ministry to sign a contract, as well as bring the job seeker to do so,” said a senior Ministry of Manpower official.
“When the employer and job seeker agree on things, such as benefits and wages, the contract will be sent electronically to the job seeker where he will approve, depending on the case. The contract will then go back to the employer for his approval and hereafter to the ministry, where it will be saved in the system,” he explained further.
Private sector establishments can register the contract and pay the fees electronically via the ministry website; the establishment and job seeker must activate the electronic attestation before the latter step can be accomplished.
Implementation of the process shall be mandatory for first, excellent, international and consultant grade job seekers, starting March 1.
Second, third and fourth-grade establishments are also obligated to implement the procedure from June 1.
The ministry stressed that they will not accept, nor receive employment contracts by hand at any of the ministry outlets after the dates mentioned have passed.