The wages and promotions in the Omani labor market varies due to various reasons. Some of the interesting differences as presented by my Colleague from the Royal Hospital.

1. Human Resource Functions
Wages & Promotions in the Government Sector
Omar Al Farsi
Director of Human Resources – Royal Hospital

2. Overview
• What is the HR management concept
• What are the HR functions
• Payroll and Compensation
• Entry Requirements and Compensation
• Promotions and compensation
• Performance and compensation

3. What are Human Resource
Management?
• A set of functions in an organization that work
toward people-related activities to add value to
the organization.

4. What are HR functions
• Human resource management function involve:
▫ Recruitment,
▫ Placement,
▫ Evaluation,
▫ Compensation
▫ Development of the employees of an organization.
* Question to participants: Are these functions
better managed in a paper-based or computerrized
These functions should be a computer based
information systems to maintain personnel records

5. HR
Functions
Performance
Measurement
& Evaluation
Recruitment
Documentation
Termination &
Transition
Training,
Development,
and Career
management
Compensation
& Benefits
Legal Issues
and Personal
Policies

7. What are wages... Payroll?
• A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a
daily, weekly or monthly basis, made by an
employer to an employee for accomplished task.
• connected with employee level of education,
skills and experience
Payroll> a process to get wages from the company
to the employee.

8. Entry Requirements and Compensation
• Identify the grade that the
position is on
• The name/title of the position
• Minimum requirements to fill
the position (including
educational background, years
of experience, other work
related experience/skills

9. Grade breakdown – Pay Package
• A list of grading standards to
ensure compensation is fair and
systematically approached
• Includes grade name, title, and
grade breakdown
• Package includes: basic wage,
accommodation, electricity ,
water, phone, transport,
technical allowance, and Annual
Increment
• To Participants: what is a
technical allowance and Annual
Increment?

11. Promotions.. Duties and compensation
• A promotion is a reward to an employee’s work
contributions/Performance.
• An employee can be promoted by giving him/her
higher responsibilities AND raising his package
in salary or many other ways …
• To Participants: What are some ways
to promote that are not monetary?

12. Performance & Compensation
• Compensation/promotions area subject to
employee performance.
• Organizations tends to implement employee
performance appraisals on a regular basis
▫ Keep the employee on the required track
▫ Address employee and company needs
▫ Legal requirement

13. Type of Civil Performance Appraisal
• There are basics for the
inclusion on the form or
mechanism
▫ Personal details
▫ Departmental details
▫ Appraisal metrics
▫ Feedback and score rubric
▫ To participants: what do
you need to include on the
appraisal form to be
comprehensive?

14. Thank you