Workers not paid minimum wage

Workers not paid minimum wage

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Some of the workers
recruited for the clearing of one million hectares of farmland
located in the forests of the Kapuas regency are being paid less
than the official daily minimum wage, Antara reported.

The situation was discovered over the weekend by visiting
members of the House of Representatives.

"We were informed by some people involved in the government's
project that the workers are paid only Rp 1,700 (US$0.72) per
day," team leader Mukron As'ad said at a meeting with local
officials and the project's manager in Kuala Kapuas last week.

The newly-set minimum wage in the province is Rp 4,750 (US$2).

The project is under the supervision of PT Sambu Group, PT
Pembangunan Perumahan and PT Wijaya Karya.

Mukron called on the companies to improve the workers' wages
and include them in the social security program Jamsostek. (rms)