Final draft of Malaysia-Indonesia deal on maids ready

Final draft of Malaysia-Indonesia deal on maids ready

Under the deal, a maid will only serve a household of six people and the employer isn’t allowed to hold on to her passport.

An MoU will be signed soon on hiring Indonesian maids, detailing their salaries, leave entitlement and their right to communicate with others.
JAKARTA:
The Indonesian and Malaysian governments have reached an agreement on the final draft of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the placement and protection of Indonesian domestic workers (PDIs) in Malaysia.

The Indonesian manpower ministry tweeted that the schedule for signing the MoU between its minister, Ida Fauziyah, and human resources minister M Saravanan was being determined.

The MoU determines the salaries, weekly and annual leave entitlement, the right to communicate, a ban on withholding passports and on one PDI only serving a household not exceeding six people, among others.

The “one channel system” will be introduced to integrate the PDI placement process. Their recruitment, training, departure, placement and return would be monitored by the government.

The PDI MoU was signed for the first time on May 13, 2006 in Bali. Subsequently, the protocol to amend the PDI MoU was signed on May 31, 2011 in Bandung and this expired on May 30, 2016.

Indonesia hopes that Malaysia and all relevant stakeholders can implement the MoU properly, Ida said when receiving the Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia Hermono at her office.

Hermono, who welcomed the MoU, said it could be used as a “best practice” or guide for MoUs to be signed with other countries.

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