Ministry amends part-time working regulations in Oman

Muscat: Fifteen-year-old school students can now also work part-time according to the Ministry of Manpower.
Ministerial decision No.153/2018 amends some of the provisions of ministerial decision no 40/2017, about the regulation of part-time employment in the Sultanate.
The new amendments add "students" and "retirees" to the individuals eligible for part-time hiring conditions, in paragraphs four and five of Article 2. The decision also stipulates that the employment contract must now state the number of working days per week.
According to Article 3 of the decision, a new article shall be added to ministerial decision No. 40/2017, that states: "Students may be employed for part-time, according to the following regulations:
Firstly: For students of private and public schools:
1. The student must be enrolled in a public or private school, provided that he is not less than 15 years of age and that his employment shall be limited to the business and professions stipulated in Ministerial Resolution No. 217/2016.
2. The guardian's consent to the student's request, in accordance with the model, provided for this purpose.
3. The work should be on holidays.
Secondly: For students of government and private higher education institutions.
1. The work should be on holidays or outside the study time.
2. The student's part-time work shall not deprive him of the financial allocations prescribed by the educational institution."
In all cases, it is not necessary to receive approval from any educational institution to hire a part-time student, and that "the student should be given an experience certificate for the duration of work spent with the employer".