Depok workers paid below minimum wages<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
State-owned insurance firm PT Jamsostek announced on Thursday
\nthat 13 companies in Depok, West Java, were paying their workers
\nless than the local monthly minimum wage of Rp 681,804 (US$71.7).<\/p>\n
PT Jamsostek's Depok office director Supardi said that the 13
\ncompanies paid their workers only between Rp 95,000 and Rp
\n576,000 per month.<\/p>\n
\"We have sent a letter to the Depok Social Affairs and Labor
\nAgency as well as to the Depok council so that they can check out
\nthe cases,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to PT Jamsostek, the 13 companies are PT Minuman
\nSAP, PT Karyana Plastik Industri, PT Central Star, PT Tromotex
\nIndustrial, PT Mayer Indah Indonusa, PT Indira Mustika, PT Mayer
\nCrodile, PT Dewa Citra, PT Citra Dinasti, PT Genggong Village,
\nBhakti Yudha Hospital, PT Golden Agin and PT Jupiter Semesta
\nUtama.<\/p>\n
Supardi said that manpower protection legislation stipulated
\nthat the directors of a firm that paid its workers less than the
\nminimum wage could be imprisoned for up to 6 months or ordered to
\npay a maximum fine of Rp 50 million.<\/p>\n
\"They should increase the wages they pay their workers if they
\ndon't want to get punished,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Supardi also complained that out of 700 companies in Depok,
\nonly 209 firms participated in Jamsostek's worker protection
\nprogram.<\/p>\n
\"The workers on construction projects along Jl. Margonda, for
\ninstance, aren't members of Jamsostek. The local fire department,
\ntransportation agency and sanitation agency have also failed to
\nregister their workers with Jamsostek,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He called on the companies and local government agencies to
\ncomply with the labor legislation and join Jamsostek immediately.<\/p>",
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