"With the application of a `live out` system, Indonesian domestic helpers (TKI) do not need to stay 24 hours at their employers` houses," Moh Jumhur Hidayat, head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Workers Abroad (BNP2TKI), said in an electronic dispatch received by ANTARA News here on Monday.
Jumhur was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to chair a coordination meeting of TKI services with Indonesian representatives in the Middle East region and North Africa.
He said protection of Indonesian domestic workers abroad could be better guaranteed if they did not stay with their employers for 24 hours which could cause many risks for them.
The BNP2TKI chief said Indonesian domestic helpers were often exposed to the risks of maltreatment by and conflict with their employers if they were employed on `live-in` terms that required them to stay 24 hours in their employers` homes.
"In the live-out system, domestic helpers go home to a boarding house after working 8 hours since morning at their employers homes," he said.
Jumhur asked the Indonesian representatives in the Middle East to lobby local manpower suppliers and employers to adopt the live-out system in hiring Indonesian migrant workers.
He said the live-out system would not only make Indonesian domestic helpers easier to protect but also more respectable. In fact, it would also be better for the host country`s reputation.
"This system must be implemented for the sake of Indonesian domestic workers` dignity," he said.***4***
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