Licenses of PJTKIs revoked

Licenses of PJTKIs revoked

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration has revoked the business permits of 36 labor recruitment agencies (PJTKIs) in the past 18 months for violating various manpower rules, including falsifying signatures and having no clear activities or business premises.

"We hope that only professional labor recruitment agencies that meet the requirements to send Indonesian workers abroad can operate," manpower and transmigration minister Jacob Nuwa Wea was quoted by Antara as saying in Bengkulu on Sunday.

PJTKIs are also required to have training centers.

Jacob went on to say that for the time being the government had stopped sending workers abroad because of many problems facing Indonesian workers in receiving countries.

"We want to improve the quality and skills of Indonesian workers, particularly the mastery of a foreign language, before sending them abroad," he said.

He also complained about various levies imposed on Indonesian workers wishing to seek employment abroad, prompting them to sell their belongings like land and houses to finance their departure. --Antara