Health checks may violate regulations

Health checks may violate regulations

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A local non-governmental
organization (NGO) reported on Monday that employees of labor
recruitment agencies (PJTKI) had allegedly violated procedure
during health checks of female workers applying to be posted
overseas.

Endang Susilowati, the director of Panca Karsa Foundation in
West Nusa Tenggara, said that PJTKI employees had reportedly
ordered the workers to remove their clothes during the checks.

"This is a violation of health-check regulations," she said,
adding that the improper behavior had also insulted the dignity
of the workers.

Most of the cases had occurred in Sumbawa regency, she
claimed.

Some PJTKIs in various parts of West Nusa Tenggara conduct
their own checks of worker's health.

Separately, Sirojul Munir, the head of the provincial's
Manpower Office, promised that his office would investigate the
reports. If the claims were true, his office would slap severe
sanctions on the PJTKIs, including the revocation of their
licenses, he said. -- Antara