Muscat – Filipinos expatriates working in the Sultanate of Oman had to be paid a minimum OMR290 per month, said a hiring advisory released by Embassy of the Philippines in Muscat.
The Philippine Overseas Labour Office at the office of the Labour Attache issued the advisory which guides sponsors on the rights of all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Sultanate.
"May we remind the sponsors/principal employers and foreign recruitment agencies (FRAs) of the basic rights due to all Filipino workers that are deployed in the Sultanate of Oman," said the advisory.
The advisory which was posted by the Times of Oman stipulated that passports should remain with the worker unless voluntarily entrusted to persons or institution, preferably with FRAs.
Under the seven-point list of basic rights, workers are entitled to a paid leave (day off/rest day) of one day per week.
Sponsors must pay a month basic salary of not less than USD400 or OMR160 for domestic workers, and more than OMR160 for skilled workers.
The sponsor must provide decent food or its equivalent of food allowance of not less than OMR30.
The sponsors must also provide a suitable and safe accommodation, or its equivalent accommodation allowance of not less than OMR80.
The sponsor must also provide free transportation from the worker's accommodation to the worksite and vice versa, or an equivalent transportation allowance of not less than OMR20.
The sponsor must provide health and accident insurance of the worker valid throughout the period of the working visa/contract.