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        "id": 1209398,
        "msgid": "minimum-wages-to-be-set-for-domestic-helpers-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-05-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Minimum wages to be set for domestic helpers",
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        "summary": "Minimum wages to be set for domestic helpers JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to issue a ruling regarding minimum wages for domestic helpers to improve their living standards. H. Soenarjudardji, the municipal administration's secretary for welfare affairs, said during a one-day seminar on increasing protection and wages for domestic helpers on Tuesday that the levels of wages set will not be a burden for employers.",
        "content": "<p>Minimum wages to be set for domestic helpers<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The city administration plans to issue a ruling<br>\nregarding minimum wages for domestic helpers to improve their<br>\nliving standards.<\/p>\n<p>H. Soenarjudardji, the municipal administration&apos;s secretary<br>\nfor welfare affairs, said during a one-day seminar on increasing<br>\nprotection and wages for domestic helpers on Tuesday that the<br>\nlevels of wages set will not be a burden for employers.<\/p>\n<p>Under the ruling the amount of wages for domestic helpers will<br>\nbe based on the economic conditions of the families for whom they<br>\nwork, Soenarjudardji said.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is expected to assure that families who employ<br>\ndomestic helpers make an effort to better and protect the welfare<br>\nof the servants.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;People still consider domestic helpers their helpers in any<br>\nkind of situation at the house and not as the workers they are<br>\nsupposed to be. That&apos;s why we still can find domestic helpers<br>\nbeing paid only Rp 20,000 (US$9.09) a month by their employers,&quot;<br>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Minimum Wage for workers which took effect last<br>\nmonth for the Jakarta area is Rp 4,600 per day.<\/p>\n<p>A census conducted in 1994 set Jakarta&apos;s population at 8.99<br>\nmillion. It also reported that there were 1.5 million women<br>\nworking as domestic helpers.<\/p>\n<p>Ika Siagian, a speaker at the seminar, noted in the<br>\npresentation of her paper that in many cases domestic helpers act<br>\nnot only as housekeepers who have to cook, do the laundry and<br>\nother jobs, but also as &quot;mothers&quot; to their employers&apos; children.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The situation of domestic helpers in Jakarta generally<br>\nremains poor, with many of them still required to be on call 24<br>\nhours a day. Imagine, they are still ordered to work when they<br>\nshould be sleeping,&quot; Soenarjudardji said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the city administration was striving to<br>\nimprove the quality of maid servants by providing a training<br>\nprogram for them. He explained that the training program is<br>\ndesigned to help put domestic helpers in a stronger bargaining<br>\nposition and to reduce the amount of abuse they face currently.<br>\n(31)<\/p>",
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