Muscat – A total of 4,149 inspection campaigns have been carried out by the Ministry of Labour (MoL) in different parts of the sultanate since the beginning of the year as part of efforts to implement the provisions of the Labour Law and regulate the labour market.

In Muscat, 2,066 campaigns were organised, while in Dakhliyah there were 458 campaigns, 474 in Dhahirah, 342 in South Batinah, 265 in North Batinah, 174 in South Sharqiyah, 156 in Dhofar, 154 in Al Wusta, 48 in North Sharqiyah and 12 in Buraimi. These campaigns reflected positively in curbing illegal practices, regulating the labour market and rounding up illegal manpower.

Similar inspection campaigns are carried out jointly with different government departments, including municipalities, the Ministry of Education and Royal Oman Police, MoL stated.