The Shura Council will hold its sixth, seventh, and eighth regular sessions of the third ordinary session of the tenth term next week, during which the statement of the Ministry of Labour will be discussed.

The Secretary-General of the Shura Council stated that the Ministry of Labour’s statement will top the agenda of the Council’s sessions allocated for discussing ministerial statements during the third ordinary session of the tenth term, and will be debated over the seventh and eighth sessions. The statement will address five main axes focusing on the Ministry’s policies, plans, and programmes in line with Oman Vision 2040, labour-related legislation and laws, the current status of employment and labour in both the public and private sectors in the Sultanate of Oman, as well as the institutional performance system (Ejada System), its evaluation outcomes, and its role in improving performance and service delivery.
The Council will also discuss the draft Urban Planning Law during its sixth regular session of the third ordinary session.
The Shura Council will host the Minister of Labour on Wednesday and Thursday, 7–8 January 2026, during a public session in which the Minister will deliver the Ministry’s statement before Council members, in accordance with Article (69) of the Council of Oman Law, which stipulates that the Shura Council shall, at the beginning of each annual session, determine the programme of ministerial statements and their discussion axes to be presented during the session, based on a joint proposal from the Council Bureau and the chairpersons of its standing committees, with the Chairman of the Council notifying the Government of the programme and the required components and themes of each statement.
This was stated by the Secretary-General of the Shura Council, who indicated that the Council will discuss the Ministry of Labour’s statement during its seventh and eighth regular sessions of the third ordinary session of the tenth term (2023–2027). These sessions represent the first allocated for ministerial statements during the current session. The statement will address five main axes, the first of which focuses on the Ministry’s policies, plans, and programmes related to Oman Vision 2040, including programmes under the Tenth Five-Year Development Plan (2021–2025) assigned to the Ministry of Labour, their implementation rates, efforts to develop labour market policies, and measures to provide support and facilitation for private sector establishments. It will also cover strategic programmes related to labour market and employment priorities and their evaluation outcomes, the National Employment Programme, the results of assessing the alignment between education outputs and labour market requirements, and future-oriented initiatives for jobs in both the public and private sectors.


The second axis will address labour-related legislation and laws governing work in both the public and private sectors, including the executive regulations of the Labour Law and their legislative impact on private sector establishments, the draft Civil Service Law and the Ministry’s views on its expected positive impact on improving public sector work environments and human resource empowerment within government administrative units. It will also discuss challenges related to fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector, the Ministry’s role in issuing decisions aimed at generating sustainable employment opportunities, and the legislative impact of ministerial decisions and circulars on labour sectors. This axis will further cover the institutional performance system (Ejada System), its evaluation outcomes, and its role in enhancing performance, service delivery, and employee promotion systems in comparison with the previous promotion framework.
The third axis of the statement will focus on employment and labour in both the public and private sectors, highlighting the Ministry’s efforts to bridge the gap between labour supply and demand, key employment initiatives and sustainable employment programmes, achievement rates and evaluation results, localisation and replacement programmes, measures to improve conditions for private sector workers, and mechanisms for addressing cases of terminated employment.
With regard to the training and qualification axis, the statement will outline the main approved training plans and programmes aimed at empowering national workforce competencies in both sectors, training linked to employment initiatives, on-the-job training and replacement programmes, and efforts to strengthen partnerships with private sector establishments in workforce training. The axis will also address the impact of allocating financial resources for training across labour sectors, their correlation with employment rates and targeted job opportunities, the Ministry’s role in reviewing and updating occupational standards, and the preparation of a national project for workforce training and qualification in coordination with private sector entities and government units.
The Secretary-General added that the fifth axis of the statement will address digital transformation and electronic integration, including the Ministry’s role in establishing a national workforce database, developing digital platforms for labour planning and monitoring needs, and enabling government administrative units to complete digital transformation and enhance electronic integration across the public sector labour and employment system.
The Secretary-General further noted that the Shura Council will hold its sixth regular session on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, which will be dedicated to discussing the draft Urban Planning Law referred by the Government. He emphasized the Council’s intensive review of the draft law, given its importance in strengthening the urban planning framework in the Sultanate of Oman and its role as a key pillar in achieving Oman Vision 2040 objectives. The draft law responds to evolving development needs and rapid urban expansion, requiring a modern legal framework aligned with economic and social transformations.


He added that the sixth session will also discuss the report of the Youth and Human Resources Committee regarding the submitted proposal on enhancing financial allocations for the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth, and increasing support for sports clubs and federations.