Raid to target maids, nannies<\/p>\n
The City Population Agency will launch a two-week raid a week
\nbefore and a week after the Idul Fitri holidays, targeting in-
\nhouse maids, nannies and private company workers who do not
\npossess Jakarta or newcomer identity cards.<\/p>\n
\"Unlike previous raids, in these raids employers and companies
\nwho employ new workers without Jakarta or Newcomer ID cards will
\nface legal sanctions,\" agency head Sylviana Murni told The
\nJakarta Post and Antara at City Hall on Monday.<\/p>\n
Article 3 of Bylaw No. 4\/2004 on population and civil
\nregistration requires employers and legal bodies to report all
\ntheir employees resident in Jakarta to the agency.<\/p>\n
Those found to have violated the bylaw will face a maximum
\nsentence of three month's jail or a Rp 5 million (US$549.45)
\nfine.<\/p>\n
\"Employers or companies must pay for the fines if the workers
\ncannot afford them,\" Sylviana said.<\/p>\n
She said nannies and housemaid agencies must obtain Newcomer
\nID cards, formerly known as seasonal ID cards, issued by the
\nagency.<\/p>\n
\"We hope this effort will be \"shock therapy\" for employers,
\nencouraging them to abide with the bylaw on population and civil
\nregistration.\"<\/p>\n
However, Sylviana, who will be replaced on Tuesday, said the
\nbylaw would not be fully implemented until the issuing of a
\ngubernatorial decree. -- JP<\/p>",
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