a) Equal treatment at the private sector

Resolution of the Supreme Council (14th session, Riyadh 1993) accorded the GCC nationals employed in the private sector equal treatment as the nationals of the Member State where they are employed, subject to the " implementation controls" approved by the Council at the same session.

Resolution of the Supreme Council (23rd session, Doha 2002) stressed that "full equal treatment" shall be accorded to the GCC nationals in the field of jobs in the private sector and "elimination of the restrictions preventing that" by 2003 at the latest.

The Council of Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs in the GCC States has adopted work programs for increasing the employment opportunities and facilitating the movement of the GCC labors in the private sector. The Executive Office of the Council of Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs in the GCC States is following up implementation of these programs with member States. The Executive Office, in cooperation with the GCC Secretariat, submits an independent annual report to the Supreme Council on the recent developments including the steps so far taken , the difficulties encountered and the proposals for overcoming such difficulties.

b) Equal treatment at the government sector

Resolution of the Supreme Council (21st session, Manama 2000) accorded the GCC nationals employed in the Civil Service in any Member State equal treatment as the nationals of the Member State where they are employed.
Resolution of the Supreme Council (23rd session, Doha 2002) stressed that "full equal treatment" shall be accorded to the GCC nationals in the field of jobs in the government sectors and social insurance and pension "elimination of the restrictions preventing that" by 2005 at the latest.

The Ministerial Committee of Civil Service has adopted several resolutions for facilitation of the Intra-GCC movement and employment of GCC nationals, and substituting the non-GCC labor employed in civil service in the GCC States with the available GCC national labor, including the possibility of non-renewal of the contracts made with the non-GCC nationals employed in administrative, clerical and financial jobs once a GCC national substitute is available, as a first stage, and that Member States shall give priority of employing GCC nationals before contracting with non-GCC nationals.