GCC labour ministers discuss strategy of joint GCC action

Oman Wednesday 20/September/2023 15:32 PM
By: ONA
GCC labour ministers discuss strategy of joint GCC action

Muscat: The 9th meeting of GCC Ministers of Labour, held in Muscat today, elaborated on a strategy for joint GCC action in the fields of labour, manpower and international cooperation.

The meeting, chaired by the Sultanate of Oman, looked into ways of developing systems of the end-of-service gratuity for expatriate workers in GCC states, as well as the GCC Secretariat General’s proposal for on-the-job training.

The meeting recommended the formation of a team of representatives of GCC ministries of labour (on one hand) and representatives of retirement and insurance funds (on the other hand) to study technical and administrative procedures to integrate the “end-of-service gratuity for the expatriate workforce” into the Social Protection System in each GCC states.