Labor recruiting agency reprimanded

Labor recruiting agency reprimanded

JAKARTA: The Indonesian consulate general in Jeddah has sent a letter of reprimand to PT ESA, an Indonesian labor recruiting agency, for its failure to report the number of workers it has sent to Saudi Arabia.

PT ESA did not report the number of workers it sent to Saudi Arabia in the 2000-2001 period, the consulate general said in a statement on Sunday.

The consulate general further said that it received only a report from PT ESA saying that the company had sent some 57 male workers and 664 female workers to the Middle East country in 1999.

The manpower and transmigration ministry has reportedly sent a letter to the company warning it of the possibility of having its operation permit revoked if it ignores the reprimand.

The latest report on workers sent to Saudi Arabia by the company is needed by the Indonesian representative office in Jeddah, particularly in an effort to give assistance when any Indonesian worker is involved in a dispute with an employer. -- Antara