Facility for female night-shift workers

Facility for female night-shift workers

JAKARTA (JP): Companies employing female workers at night
should provide their employees with transportation home, as
stipulated by government regulation, the All Indonesia Workers
Union (SPSI) reiterated yesterday.

"Female workers who are on night shift have to be taken to and
from work by the companies employing them," said Salam Sumangat,
chairman of the SPSI's Jakarta branch.

Sumangat said 15 percent of the 86,000 female workers in
Jakarta work as hostesses in night clubs or as waitresses in
restaurants.

Despite a government regulation that any company with more
than 25 workers should have an SPSI unit, few night clubs or
restaurants have the units.

The government allows companies to employ female workers at
night if they provide additional benefits, such as transportation
and extra meals. Employers who violate the regulation face up to
three months imprisonment and a fine of up to Rp 50,000
(US$22.50).

Sumangat said that taking female workers home at night is
obligatory for the safety of the workers, given that public
transportation is difficult to get. (03)