The Ministry of Manpower was established by Royal Decree No. (108/2001), issued on 20/Sha`ban 1422 AH. ( 6/11/2001). The Ministry proposes and implements manpower general policies in line with the State economic and social objectives.
The Ministry prerogatives include the following:

- Preparation of draft laws and systems regulating the labor market and vocational training sector in the Sultanate and issuance of regulations and decisions to implement same and protection of national labor force and availing all potentials which help develop capabilities of this national labor force.
- Building up an integrated labor market informational system and preparing the national labor force register with the aim of developing human resources in the country and ensuring the optimum utilization of them.   More...