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Legislator seeks tougher penalties for PJTKI

JAKARTA: A legislator from the House of Representatives’ Commission IX overseeing labor affairs proposed increasing the maximum penalty for migrant worker placement firms (PJTKI) that break the law

The Jakarta Post

Fri, February 4, 2011 Published on Feb. 4, 2011 Published on 2011-02-04T11:03:14+07:00

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AKARTA: A legislator from the House of Representatives’ Commission IX overseeing labor affairs proposed increasing the maximum penalty for migrant worker placement firms (PJTKI) that break the law.

While deliberating a revision to the 2004 Migrant Worker Law recently, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)’s Ansory Siregar said harsher sanctions would prove a deterrent to possible offenders.

“We need stronger penalties against such companies. They are directly responsible for the violence [faced by migrant workers overseas],” he said in a press release made available Wednesday. “Penalties should be handed down when the PJTKI fail to fulfill their obligations.”

The regulations covering the training, transportation and placement of Indonesian migrant workers were outlines in a ministerial decree. Ansory said that in the future, regulations should be stipulated under a law, which carried stronger sanctions. — JP