DDDHK.ORG - In July 2020 Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) issued Regulation Number 09 of 2020 concerning Exemption of Migrant Worker Placement Fees Indonesia (PMI). As published on the official BP2MI Facebook page, the implementation of this regulation was inaugurated on 12 August 2021.
The institution led by Benny Rhamdani claims that the BP2MI Regulation Number 09/2020 is the basis for the implementation of the Zero Cost program or the waiver of placement fees for PMI abroad.
In one of its considerations, the issuance of this regulation is intended, “To implement the provisions of Article 30 paragraph (2) of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers for the protection of Indonesian migrant workers, Indonesian migrant workers cannot be burdened with costs in the placement process. ."
DDHK News published the 10 articles contained in the regulation in several series of articles. This is the fourth article (4) of 6 posts made.
Article 4
Indonesian Migrant Workers and their families cannot be burdened with loans that are imposed unilaterally by any party as Placement Fees that cause unilateral losses and/or result in income deductions while working in the country of placement destination.
Article 5
The cost of placing Indonesian Migrant Workers placed by BP2MI is borne by the Employer and/or determined based on an agreement between the government and the government of the country of placement destination or the Employer with a legal entity in the country of placement destination. (continued) [DDHKNews]
