Thousands of outsourced labor in Indonesia did not get a Holiday Allowance (THR) and even dismissed ahead of Eid, according to one labor activist today.
Said Iqbal, President of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Indonesia (KSPI) said, when following the rules of Manpower and Transmigration Ministry (Permenakertrans), THR is paid no later than a week before Eid. That means the deadline for payment is Monday THR (13/8) yesterday.
"To this day, we kept getting complaints from workers. The majority of workers outsourching ", he told ucanews.com.
He cited, in Koja, North Jakarta there are about 1200 employees from three outsourcing companies are not getting THR.
Iqbal explains, even in places outsourced workers accidentally fired by the company.
"We received 800 complaints from two employees of outsourcing companies in Sidoarjo, East Java, who deliberately laid off".
According to him, laid a firm strategy to not have to pay for THR.
"They fired seven days ahead of Eid, and promised to be contracted again after Eid".
He added that many workers do not dare take any action because of fear after the Eid they would not be rehired.
To the government, Iqbal hoped, the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration perform the function of supervision by visiting companies.
Iqbal explains, many companies who fail to pay THR because Permenakertrans not establish strict penalties for violating the affiliated companies.
"That's why in the long run we will try to request that Permenakertrans was converted to government regulation or a presidential decree and establish legal sanctions", he said.
Iqbal said the deal with the weakness of existing regulations, they provide a Command Post Complaints Advocacy pendampinga THR to help workers.
"If the government prepared a complaint post, will only give an appeal, then we will move quickly. If there are workers who report, we will advocate and negotiate with the company came to an agreement together, "he said.
In addition to not receive THR at all, according to Iqbal, there are currently about 20 thousand more workers who do not receive a THR by an amount in accordance with government regulations.
Permenakertrans set, THR is a 1-month wages for workers who have worked for 12 months continuously or longer, and for workers who have worked less than 12 months but more than 3 months had THR proportionally (prorated).
"In a company in Central Java, 300 employees received only Rp 300,000 THR when they had worked between 1-5 years".
Meanwhile, Muhaimin Iskandar, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration in a press conference at his office on Monday (13/8) yesterday, said it had received 19 cases of complaints about THR. The amount is far lower than last year's 84 complaints.
"We continue to monitor and supervise the payment of THR in the center and regions, especially the aspects of the timeliness and magnitude of the bonus that is paid. Any violation of workers' basic rights will be strictly penalized, "said Muhaimin.
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta
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