PART NINE
Labour Unions and the General Federation for the Workers of the Sultanate of Oman

Article (108)

The workers may form from among them labor unions to safeguard their interests, defend their rights and improve their materialist and social status and to represent them in all matters relating to their affairs.

Article (109)

The different labour unions shall together form the General federation of the Sultanate of Oman workers, to represent them in local, regional and international meetings and conferences.

The labour unions may formlabour associations from them.

Article (110)

The labor unions, labor associations and the General Federation of the Sultanate of Oman’s Workers shall have an independent corporate body as from the date of registration at the Ministry and they shall have the right to freely practice their activity without interference in their affairs or influencing them.

The Minister shall issue decisions to regulate the formation, work and registration of the labor unions, Labor Associations and the General Federation of the Sultanate of Oman’s Workers.

Article (110) [Repeated]

It shall not be allowed to apply the dismissal penalty or any other penalty on the workers’ representatives in the Labour Unions or Labour Associations or the General Federation of the Sultanate of Oman’s worker for the activities they practice in their Labour Unions in accordance with this law and the ministerial decisions implementing it.