PASIR GUDANG: Indonesia is expected to send between 5,000 and 10,000 of its residents to help address labour shortages going through Malaysia, together with for home helpers, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
The Human Resources Minister stated that different sectors the place Indonesian workers can be channelled to have been manufacturing and development.
“During the meeting with my Indonesian counterpart, Ida Fauziy, both sides will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian Domestic Workers (MoU PDI).
“A team from the ministry will be going to Indonesia on Dec 14 to look into the technical terms of the MoU PDI before we sign it in January next year and Indonesia can send its workers in the same month,” he added.
Saravanan stated this in a press convention after launching the nation’s first built-in centralised labour quarters (ICLQ) on the Pasir Gudang industrial space right here on Wednesday (Dec 8).
He added that in the course of the assembly, Indonesia requested for Malaysia to set the minimal wage for its home workers at RM1,500.
Saravanan, nonetheless, stated it might be tough for Malaysia to achieve this because the minimal wage on this nation was set at RM1,200.
“It is up to the employers whether or not to give RM1,500 as a salary but I gave assurances in the meeting that the salary will start from RM1,200,” he added.
Saravanan additionally stated that the ministry took its personal initiative to guarantee the Indonesian authorities that their residents’ well-being can be taken care of whereas working in Malaysia.
“The ministry, through the Labour Department, will be forming a special committee to carry out random checks on domestic helpers at their respective employers’ houses.
“It is our responsibility to ensure that we fulfilled the promise that we have made to the Indonesian government on this matter,” he added.
Saravanan additionally stated following the assembly with Indonesia, the federal government would even be conducting related talks with the Bangladesh authorities to send their workers right here.
On Tuesday (Dec 7), Bernama reported that Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to implement the idea of “one maid-one job”, stating that an Indonesian home servant can work in a family of not more than six members of the family.
The Ministry assertion issued along with Saravanan’s assembly with the Indonesian Minister of Manpower stated the problem of the “One-Channel System” had additionally been agreed between the 2 ministers to allow efficient monitoring of PDI’s maid entry into Malaysia.
Saravanan paid a working go to to Jakarta, Indonesia from Sunday (Dec 5) till Tuesday (Dec 7) following the working go to of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to Indonesia final month (Nov 9-12).
At a joint press convention with Ismail Sabri and Indonesian President Joko Widodo along with the go to, they expressed their dedication to expedite the signing of the MoU PDI to meet the wants and calls for of employers in Malaysia.
The MoU PDI was signed for the primary time on May 13, 2006, in Bali, and subsequently, the Protocol to Amend the MoU PDI was signed on May 31, 2011, in Bandung – which expired on May 30, 2016.
Saravanan stated the signing of the MoU PDI wanted to be carried out instantly as Indonesia would solely enable the entry of Indonesian Manpower (TKI) into Malaysia for the plantation sector after the MoU PDI was finalised.
The Cabinet conferences on April 7 and Nov 12, 2021, had agreed on the entry of overseas workers within the plantation sector into Malaysia as a particular exception, he stated.
Meanwhile, the Ministry stated Indonesia welcomed the implementation of the Working for Workers (WFW) cell utility as a platform for complaints on labour points and requested that the digital utility be used successfully to obtain complaints from TKIs and PDIs in Malaysia.
As of Oct 5, the variety of complaints obtained within the utility was 12,132 instances the place the primary complaints have been associated to unpaid salaries, late fee of salaries and unlawful wage deductions.
