Employment issues do not only happen in Indonesia but also in other countries. Most International employment issue is about migrant labor who works as domestic workers (PRT). Savitry, the secretary of Indonesia Migrant Workers Network (Jaringan Buruh Migran Indonesia) said that during 2017, there are 4475 violation cases experienced by Indonesia migrant workers. From those cases, 217 workers reported died. Malaysia, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia are some countries where most workers lose their life. There are various cases happen to migrant workers. A number of them did not get their wage for years. A domestic worker from NTT who worked at Malaysia even did not get her payment after working for 7 years. Another tragic story comes from Adelina, a worker who died of starving and physical abuse from her employer. The Reason for Many Violence Cases against Migrant Worker There are two significant reasons why migrant worker cases always continue and increase the number.
. In fact, many people in Indonesia want to work abroad since they are promised a big salary. Unfortunately, in many cases, people who live in small villages in Indonesia are lack of information about legal and illegal employment agency. They are often lied and go to work abroad illegally with minimum information about the condition of their workplace. Moreover, most agencies did not equip them with employment law. Therefore, they cannot do anything when their employer does not fulfill their rights. 2. Many of migrant workers are undocumentedSince most migrant workers are illegal, their document is usually not complete. Most of them work without working visa because the illegal agencies give them fake documents. So, when the employer mistreats them, they are difficult to solve the problem. The case usually becomes more complicated as it happens in another country where the employment regulation is different with that of Indonesians. Indonesia is lack of International employment lawyer It cannot be denied that Indonesia is still lack of lawyer who wants to speak in the International court. Whereas there are many cases in other countries that involve Indonesian and need a qualified lawyer to solve them. Migrant worker case is one critical case that cannot be taken lightly by the government. Unfortunately, many lawyers in Indonesia seem to avoid cases that involve labor. It is because cases of labor and employment could not give them significant income. That is why, when there are issues of migrant workers, those who try to find the way are mostly activists who care about labor life. In addition to that, the government also realizes that there are not many lawyers who are capable of solving the international issue. Besides do not master the language where most migrant cases happen, for instance, Arabic Language, most of the lawyer also do not familiar with the law system in that country. That is why, when there was a case involved migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, Kartini, those who solve it was not an International lawyer. It was Soemarni, PhD., a head of Legal and Human Rights of Indonesian Women Corps (KOWANI) and a team from the employment department of Indonesia (Depnaker) lead by Dien Syamsudin.
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