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Domestic worker association bans child labor
The Indonesian Domestic Workers Training and Placement Association (APPSI) has compiled a code of ethics for its members in an endeavor to phase out child labor in the domestic work industry
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he Indonesian Domestic Workers Training and Placement Association (APPSI) has compiled a code of ethics for its members in an endeavor to phase out child labor in the domestic work industry.
'The code of ethics will be applied to all agencies supplying domestic workers. They now can no longer employ and place children under 18 years old in the domestic work sector,' APPSI chairman Mashudi told the Jakarta Post on Monday.
APPSI signed the code of ethics with Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dakhiri during the launch of anti-child labor month here on Monday.
The code of ethics stipulates nine important matters, including the banning of recruiting children as domestic workers, a training program for prospective domestic workers and the prevention of violence against domestic helpers.
Mashudi said the association had started drafting the code of ethics last year and had adjusted the content to comply with Ministerial Decree no. 2/2015 on domestic workers' protection.
He said that the code would take effect after Idul Fitri in July.
The acting director general of labor supervision and health and work safety at the Manpower Ministry, Muji Handoyo, hailed the association's role as vital in phasing out child labor.
'The APPSI is an association of potential employers of child workers. So it is very good to have it on our side,' Muji said.(+++)
