Omani employees are registered through the following procedures:

• The employer is registered in accordance with the procedures and forms applied to register the employers in the workplace state.
• The employer registration form is filled out and sent to the social insurance/pension authorities in the workplace state enclosed with the documents concerning the approval of the entities responsible for the profession engagement license (Commercial register, computer print outs, specimen signatures).

Registration of Omani Employees

• The standard form of the Unified Law of Insurance Protection Extension for GCC citizens should be filled out. Forms are available in the the social insurance/pension authorities in the workplace state.
• The form then is sent to the concerned department in the the social insurance/pension authorities in the workplace state, enclosed with a copy of the passport/ID and a copy of the employment agreement approved by the competent authorities in the workplace state.

PASI would like to draw employers’ attention in the GCC states that in case of any delay in registering all or some employees who are covered under the provisions of the Unified Law of Insurance Protection Extension or in notifying PASI about their end of service, the penalties stated in the Social Insurance Law of the workplace state shall apply.

wage subject to contribution

According to the Social Insurance Law applicable in the Sultanate, the contributory wage shall be the total basic salary, in addition to the regular allowances if any, provided that the contributory wage is not exceeding OMR 3000 or equivalent and the employee is insured in accordance with the definition of salary and its elements stated in the Social Insurance Law applicable in the employee’s home state. The liability of the employer should not exceed the liability of the same toward the citizens of this employer’s state with respect to the cap of contribution wage or the salary elements applicable in the workplace state. In any case whereby the contribution paid by the employer is less as a result of the above-mentioned provision, the employee shall pay the resulting difference unless the state decides to pay this difference instead of its citizen employee.

Percentage of the Deducted Contributions

The monthly contribution is calculated at 16% of the total basic salary for the Omani employees , distributed as follows:

• The GCC employer pays 9.5% of the basic salary.
• The employee pays 6.5% of the basic salary.

If the contribution percentage of employers in the workplace state is less than 9.5%, the Omani employee shall pay the difference.

Contribution percentages paid by insured Omani employees and their employers in each GCC state shall be as per the following table:

The payment of the contributions is confirmed by the daily reports received from the mentioned banks. The employers who pay the due contributions via cheques in banks other than the ones that PASI deals with can refer to PASI in order to pay their contributions. In case the notification is not received within a period not exceeding 10 days as of the date when the payment period starts, a copy of the same can be obtained from the PASI’s main office or branches or its website, after completing the registration and receiving a password.