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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Christina Desy, Ady TD Achmad, Muhammad Yasin
As a consequence of the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community, the increased flow of foreign workers to Indonesia is seen as inevitable. Given this likely development, the government is concerned about establishing better policies to protect Indonesian interests, including policy mandating foreign workers to have proper Indonesian language skills.This requirement is already set out in Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. 12 of 2013 on Procedures to Use Foreign Workers (“Regulation”). The Regulation requires foreign workers to hold a suitable degree for their position, certain competency certificates, as well as an affidavit indicating their willingness to transfer their knowledge to Indonesian workers.
According to Reyna Usman, Director General of Manpower Development and Placement at the Ministry of Employment, the mandatory use of Indonesian language for foreign workers is designed to ensure a better transfer of knowledge to Indonesian workers. Ms. Usman believes that the language barrier results in a less than optimum transfer of knowledge.
Sharing Ms. Usman’s view, Diar Riga, Head of the Legal and Foreign Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Employment, admitted that the implementation of this requirement will not be simple as various concerns need to be catered to. The South Korean Chamber of Commerce, for example, has requested the government to provide detailed provisions stipulating that this obligation only becomes mandatory after certain period.
“Of concern to them is that some foreign workers only work for few months in Indonesia and it is too burdensome if they first need to learn Indonesia before being able to work here,” said Mr. Riga.
Mr. Riga further said that there is ongoing discourse on revising the Regulation which will be discussed amongst relevant stakeholders, including the Director General of Immigration. In the long run, the government also plans to establish a TOEFL-like proficiency test for Indonesian language.
(hot/kc)
Christina Desy, Ady TD Achmad, Muhammad Yasin
As a consequence of the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community, the increased flow of foreign workers to Indonesia is seen as inevitable. Given this likely development, the government is concerned about establishing better policies to protect Indonesian interests, including policy mandating foreign workers to have proper Indonesian language skills.This requirement is already set out in Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. 12 of 2013 on Procedures to Use Foreign Workers (“Regulation”). The Regulation requires foreign workers to hold a suitable degree for their position, certain competency certificates, as well as an affidavit indicating their willingness to transfer their knowledge to Indonesian workers.
According to Reyna Usman, Director General of Manpower Development and Placement at the Ministry of Employment, the mandatory use of Indonesian language for foreign workers is designed to ensure a better transfer of knowledge to Indonesian workers. Ms. Usman believes that the language barrier results in a less than optimum transfer of knowledge.
Sharing Ms. Usman’s view, Diar Riga, Head of the Legal and Foreign Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Employment, admitted that the implementation of this requirement will not be simple as various concerns need to be catered to. The South Korean Chamber of Commerce, for example, has requested the government to provide detailed provisions stipulating that this obligation only becomes mandatory after certain period.
“Of concern to them is that some foreign workers only work for few months in Indonesia and it is too burdensome if they first need to learn Indonesia before being able to work here,” said Mr. Riga.
Mr. Riga further said that there is ongoing discourse on revising the Regulation which will be discussed amongst relevant stakeholders, including the Director General of Immigration. In the long run, the government also plans to establish a TOEFL-like proficiency test for Indonesian language.
(hot/kc)