Malaysia has resolved several contentions with Indonesia ahead of a targeted January 2022, deadline to sign an updated memorandum of understanding on recruitment and placement of domestic workers here.
The Human Resource Ministry in a statement said the outstanding matters were discussed as part of its minister M Saravanan's (above, left) meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Ida Fauziyah in Jakarta earlier today.
According to the ministry, Indonesia has agreed to drop its long-standing demand for placement under a "One Maid One Task" system, mooted since 2013 and raised objections from Malaysian stakeholders.
"Issues on One Maid One Task has been resolved through an agreement that one Indonesian domestic worker can work in a maximum six-member household," said the ministry.
Indonesia has stopped sending its citizens to Malaysia as domestic workers pending the signing of the new terms, with the current MOU first signed in 2011 and lapsed in 2016.
The ministry said Indonesia has agreed for the new recruits to go through a One Channel System that introduced better monitoring and protection, including social protection and insurance.
"A decision has also been reached for the Malaysia-Indonesia Technical Committee Meeting on the MOU to be held on Dec 14 to finalise the details.
"This is to allow both parties to come to an agreement so that the MOU can be signed as early as January 2022," it said.
Further, the ministry said the domestic workers MOU signing must be expedited as Indonesia has set it as a condition to allow its other citizens to work in the plantation sector.
Plantation and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin previously said the government has approved the entry of 32,000 migrant workers, starting from Indonesia, to fill urgent vacancies in the area.
The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) had reportedly estimated a shortfall of around 75,000 plantation workers, nearly half of which are harvesters needed to pluck the heavy, perishable palm fruit bunches. - Mkini
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