Muscat – Ministry of Labour (MoL) has successfully reintegrated more than 10,000 Omanis in over five years who were previously laid off, marking a key achievement in the government’s efforts to strengthen the national job market.

Ammar Salim al Saadi, Director General of Labour, told Oman TV, “We have been able to facilitate the return of more than 10,000 citizens to the job market, achieving a significant milestone in the ministry’s continuous efforts to reduce unemployment and support economic stability.”

Saadi said MoL implemented measures to ensure citizens whose services were terminated did not face additional financial burden. “Since the launch of the job security system in 2020 till June 2025, 10,387 citizens have been re-employed across government and private sectors,” he added.

He informed that in the period between 2020 and mid-2025, the ministry offered over 170,000 job opportunities. While 27,227 people were laid off in this period, 41% were successfully reintegrated.

MoL has also launched an electronic system – Al Mu’ama – to assist laid-off individuals in registering and finding suitable job opportunities. Currently, the system lists around 1,500 openings in government and private entities.

Last week, the Youth and Human Resources Committee of Majlis A’Shura called for immediate resumption of the job security benefit previously extended to laid-off workers, citing significant social and economic repercussions of its suspension.

The committee examined the impact of freezing the benefit disbursed by Social Protection Fund. Members raised concern about the worsening living conditions of those affected and emphasised the need to resume the aid to ensure psychological and social stability for impacted individuals and their families.

The committee urged relevant authorities to take immediate steps, including empowering governorates and promoting decentralised decision-making in employment and redundancy matters. Members noted that such an approach would facilitate faster, locally-tailored solutions aligned with the specific needs of each governorate.

There was strong emphasis on the need to create job opportunities based on qualifications and professional experience of laid-off workers, alongside implementation of requalification and skills development programmes to support their reintegration into the labour market.

The committee also called for building a comprehensive and regularly updated database of jobseekers and laid-off individuals to better inform national employment policies and future strategies.