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JCCI panel rejects Jakarta's terms for employing housemaids and drivers By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 8, 2011 23:23 Updated: Mar 8, 2011 23:23 JEDDAH: The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's committee for foreign manpower recruitment offices has rejected the terms and conditions demanded by the Indonesian government for the recruitment of housemaids and drivers from Indonesia. The Indonesian ambassador to the Kingdom said his government had drawn up a new work contract, which must be registered at Indonesian missions after it has been signed by the sponsor and recruitment office in the presence of an Indonesian diplomat. The ambassador said this would protect Indonesian workers. "We have formally written to the ministries of foreign affairs and labor about the decision of the Indonesian ambassador to apply the new work contract," chairman of the committee Yahya Hassan Al-Maqbool said on Tuesday. The Filipino embassy has also taken steps to protect its workers. It has made it a condition for any Saudi wishing to recruit workers from the Philippines to submit a letter containing a drawing of the sponsor's house, a letter indicating the number of family members with their photographs, a photocopy of the sponsor's identity card in addition to a certificate of good conduct from the police. The embassy also said the monthly salary of anyone wishing to employ a Filipino housemaid should be at least SR6,000 and SR8,000 for employing a driver. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
