"400 complaints in a year - and most about salaries: Trade Union", 5 November 2018

Not receiving salaries is one of the most common complaints received by the General Federation of Oman Trade Union (GFOTU). In one year, the federation received over 400 complaints from expat and Omani workers in the private sector. Speaking to Times of Oman, Omar Al Shehri, member of the board of directors and Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee at GFOTU, said, “Annually, we receive more than 400 complaints from Omani and expat workers, which include legal consultations, individual and group complaints”... “As a result of visits by specialists from the GFOTU to various work sites, the main complaints they received surrounded not receiving salaries for numerous months, not complying with the health and safety standards, and long work hours without compensation for overtime,” said Al Shehri...