Another 34 labor exporters licensed<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government will not limit the number of
\nlabor export companies in the country as long as they comply with
\nregulations, Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"Any company which has completed the administrative
\nrequirements will get a license in no time,\" Latief said after
\npresenting licenses to 34 manpower supplier companies, which had
\nbeen scrutinized by the ministry's evaluation team.<\/p>\n
With the issuance of new licenses yesterday, the number of
\nemployment companies is now 86.<\/p>\n
Some of those companies that have secured their license had
\nurged the government to stop issuing new licenses, saying that
\nthe market is already saturated.<\/p>\n
Latief urged labor companies to properly manage the way they
\ndispatch Indonesian workers abroad. He pointed out that some of
\nthese workers have to struggle hard to survive in foreign
\ncountries.<\/p>\n
\"The government doesn't want to hear anymore reports of
\nIndonesian workers being abused by their foreign employers,\" he
\nsaid, citing an example of a recent report suggesting that an
\nIndonesian maid servant was tortured with an iron by her
\nemployer.<\/p>\n
To avoid a repetition, the Ministry of Manpower has set up a
\nteam to select companies applying for a license by studying their
\nbackgrounds, including their management records, Latief said.<\/p>\n
\"Any complaint on the violation of workers abroad will be the
\nresponsibility of not only the labor exporting company but also
\nthe government, in this case the evaluation team,\" he stated.<\/p>\n
The number of complaints about Indonesian workers being abused
\nabroad has decreased, thanks to the ministry's tight selection in
\ngranting licenses to applicants, he said.<\/p>\n
Latief said the government will not hesitate to revoke the
\nlicenses of manpower exporting companies if they're found to have
\nviolated the regulations or have neglected their obligations.<\/p>\n
\"Workers are not business commodities,\" he said, adding that
\nlabor exporting companies should send more skilled workers
\noverseas, not just manual laborers.<\/p>\n
To compete with India, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh,
\nPakistan, and the Philippines, labor companies in Indonesia
\nshould always upgrade their managements as well as their
\nmarketing and financial skills, he said. (03)<\/p>",
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