P3MI Charges Placement Fee and Salary Deduction Threatened With Permit Revocation (5)

DDHK.ORG - In July 2020 the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) issued Regulation No. 09 of 2020 concerning Exemption of Indonesian Migrant Worker Placement Fees (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 10 articles contained in the regulation in several series of articles. This is the fifth (5) of the 6 articles written.

Article 6

[1] Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the waiver of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Placement Fee will be carried out by a specially formed team through a decree of the Head of BP2MI.

[2] The monitoring and evaluation as referred to in paragraph [1] is carried out periodically or at any time if necessary.

Article 7

[1] In the event that the results of the evaluation as referred to in Article 6 are found to have alleged violations committed by P3MI (Indonesian Migrant Worker Placement Company), the Head of BP2MI may recommend to the Minister who carries out government affairs in the field of manpower to impose sanctions on P3MI.

[2] Recommendations as referred to in paragraph [1] can be in the form of:

1. Written warning;
2. Temporary suspension of part or all of the activities of the placement process for Indonesian Migrant Workers; or
3. Revocation of P3MI's license. (continued) [DDHKNews]