25 job seekers complain against manpower supplier firm
25 job seekers complain against manpower supplier firm
JAKARTA (JP): About 25 job seekers accused manpower supplier
PT Luhur Asaprima on Friday of swindling them of registration
fees and other costs for transportation as overseas workers in
Taiwan.
They brought their grievance to the Jakarta Legal Aid
Institute over payments they said ranged from Rp 13 million
(US$1,444) to Rp 14 million, institute lawyer Rita Olivia said.
The people, who were not sent abroad, claim to have frequently
requested reimbursement, she added.
"We will soon report the firm to the city police for the
alleged swindle."
The people also plan to visit the Ministry of Manpower to
request a reprimand and stern penalty for the firm.
According to manpower regulations, Rita said, a manpower
supplier firm is not allowed to request any payment from workers
to be sent overseas.
It is only allowed to receive payments from foreign partners
or foreign companies who need Indonesian workers, she said.
Company executives could not be reached for comment on Friday.
One of the job seekers, Haryono, said most of the unemployed
people came from Tulungagung in East Java and paid the money to
the firm as soon as they arrived in the city in January.
He said the firm promised to send them to Taiwan as factory
workers in the middle of January.
"Up to now we are still here, and we demand our money back."
The group also demanded the company pay an additional Rp 5
million each for living expenses during their two-month stay in
the capital, he said.
He said the people were temporarily accommodated in the firm's
three dormitories in Duren Sawit and Kampung Melayu, both in East
Jakarta, and Pondok Gede in Bekasi.
Many of them sold motorcycles or plots of farmland to make the
payments, he added.
Rita acknowledged many job seekers visited the institute to
seek legal advice concerning problems with manpower supplier
firms or overseas employers.
She said job seekers were promised jobs mainly in Saudi
Arabia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.
Complaints ranged from problems with payment from foreign
employers to abuse, she added. (jun)