BSR Insight | Improving Migrant Worker Recruitment in Indonesia
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Chris Nolan, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Publication Date
July 26, 2011
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BSR’s Migration Linkages initiative released a new report covering the experiences of migrant workers who leave Indonesia for Malaysia. The report also includes recommendations for improving Indonesia’s recruitment system.
The research revealed significant variability in the recruitment process:
- A lack of standards on workers’ recruitment fees and how the fees should be paid
- Inconsistent practices related to signing contracts with end employers
- A high degree of variability in how grievances are raised by workers and handled by recruitment agencies and employers
To address these issues in Indonesia, the government must codify and promote characteristics of a “good” recruitment agency and incentivize ethical recruitment. And business must improve pre-departure orientations, promote awareness and protection of individual worker rights, and ensure access to remediation measures.
We will be releasing more guidance on ethical recruitment for companies later this year. For more information, contact Chris Nolan or Guy Morgan.
About the Author(s)
Chris Nolan, Associate Director, Advisory Services
As manager of BSR's Energy and Extractives Practice in Asia, Chris co-leads the organization's work with mining, oil, and gas companies in the region... Read more →
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