Oman
Oman Labour Law, Article 71: overtime pay
What your overtime hours are worth in OMR.
Work out your overtime pay under Oman's Labour Law, Royal Decree 53/2023 (Articles 70 and 71): the basic hourly wage plus at least 25% by day and 50% at night, and a day's wage plus 100% for a weekly rest day or official holiday.
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How is overtime calculated in Oman?
- Hourly wage = basic salary ÷ 240
- daytime: × 1.25 · night: × 1.5 · rest day and holiday: × 2
- Overtime = sum of (hours × hourly wage × multiplier)
Symbols
- hourly wage
- The monthly basic salary divided by 240 hours, which is 30 days × 8 hours
- multiplier
- What Article 71 sets for each kind of hour; on a rest day or holiday, the day's wage plus 100% of it
What are 22 overtime hours worth on 500?
A worker on a basic salary of 500 OMR works 10 daytime overtime hours and 4 night overtime hours in the month, and a full 8-hour weekly rest day.
- Hourly wage: 500 ÷ 240 = 2.083 OMR
- Daytime hours: 10 × 2.083 × 1.25 = 26.042 OMR
- Night hours: 4 × 2.083 × 1.5 = 12.500 OMR
- Rest day: 8 × 2.083 × 2 = 33.333 OMR
The total is 26.042 + 12.500 + 33.333 = 71.875 OMR for 22 hours, or a day off in place of the rest day's pay.
How do daytime, night and rest-day hours differ?
Article 70 sets working hours at 8 actual hours a day and 40 a week. Article 71 allows overtime with the worker's consent, as long as normal and overtime hours together stay within 12 a day, and pays it at the basic wage for those hours plus at least 25% by day and at least 50% at night, or time off instead.
Night working hours run from nine in the evening to five in the morning (Article 1). Work on a weekly rest day or an official holiday earns a cash amount equal to 100% of the daily basic wage plus the wage for the day itself, which is twice the day's wage, or a day off for each day worked. The article pays by the day, so enter 8 hours for each such day.
The calculator works out the hourly wage as the basic salary divided by 240, that is 30 days × 8 hours, because the law sets no monthly divisor. Overtime an employer imposes without consent, in the cases Article 72 allows such as the annual inventory or preventing an accident, pays more: at least 50% by day and 75% at night, and 200% of the basic wage plus the day's wage on a rest day or holiday. The calculator does not work out that case.
- Hourly wage = basic salary ÷ 240 (30 days × 8 hours)
- Daytime overtime: 125% of the hourly wage; night, 9 pm to 5 am: 150% (Article 71)
- Rest day or official holiday: the day's wage plus 100% of the daily basic wage, or a day off
- Normal and overtime hours together: no more than 12 a day, and only with consent
Questions about overtime in Oman
What is the overtime rate in Oman?
The basic hourly wage plus at least 25% for daytime hours and at least 50% for night hours (Article 71), that is 125% and 150%. A contract may pay more.
What counts as night hours under Oman's Labour Law?
The time between nine in the evening and five in the morning (Article 1). Overtime in those hours pays at least 150% of the basic hourly wage.
What am I owed for working on a rest day or official holiday?
A cash amount equal to 100% of your daily basic wage plus the wage for the day itself, which is twice the day's wage, or a day off for each day worked (Article 71). The article pays by the day, not by the hour.
Can I be made to work overtime without agreeing?
Overtime needs the worker's consent (Article 71). As an exception, Article 72 allows it without consent in listed cases such as the annual inventory, budget preparation or preventing an accident, and then it pays at least 50% by day and 75% at night, and 200% of the basic wage plus the day's wage on a rest day or holiday.
Do allowances count towards the overtime rate?
No. Article 71 works overtime out on the basic wage, which is the wage agreed in the contract plus the periodic allowance (Article 1), without housing, transport and other allowances.
How many hours can I work in a day?
8 actual hours a day and 40 a week (Article 70), and no more than 12 a day with overtime (Article 71). In Ramadan it is 6 hours a day or 30 a week for Muslim workers.
Sources
Read against the statuteReviewed September 2026Statutory articles this calculator applies
- Oman Labour Law, Article 71: overtime pay
Oman Labour Law: Royal Decree No. 53/2023, which replaced Royal Decree No. 35/2003