Recruitment adverts

Recruitment adverts

From Media Indonesia

A newspaper advertisement recently promised a commission fee of Rp 1.2 million for anybody willing to go to villages and recruit potential migrant workers, and this fee would be deposited at PT BL, a labor exporting company.

Indeed, this sum of money would be attractive enough for anybody to go to villages to find would-be migrant workers, especially women who mostly have low education and are easily lured by the promise of high salaries when working abroad.

Considering that our country is still in the grip of an economic crisis, working abroad is one way to change one's fate for the better.

It is not my intention to say criticize labor exporting companies which have branches in many regions. I am just concerned about the unhealthy competition among such companies, especially from the publishing of vulgar advertisements because those sent abroad are human beings.

The focus of my attention is whether or not there is a clear rule in the game for labor exporting companies on recruitment fee and pay deduction in the place where the workers are employed. A response from authorized government agencies, particularly the manpower ministry, would be highly appreciated.

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