Minister blames Garuda

Minister blames Garuda

JAKARTA: PT Garuda Indonesia should be held responsible for
the employment status of 14 medical doctors and dentists who had
been employed on an outsourcing basis by its subsidiary, PT
Garuda Sentra Medika (GSM), Minister of Manpower and
Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea said on Sunday.

Jacob said that Garuda must be held accountable as it had
"employed" the medical personnel, who had been supplied by an
unauthorized outsourcing company, PT Wahana Garuda Purnakarya
(WGP).

"I checked with officials at the Jakarta Manpower Agency and
my ministry only to find that WGP did not have the required
permits to supply manpower to Garuda when it recruited the 14
medical personnel," the minister said.

According to dentist Retno Wulandari, she and her 13
colleagues had been working for GSM on an outsourcing basis for
five years. They were now demanding that they be given permanent
employee status.

GSM said the dispute was the responsibility of WGP, which
eventually fired the medical personnel. --Antara