PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – Sumarjono Saragih, the Chairman of the Labor Division at the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA), emphasized the significance of monitoring and supervising the labor systems within plantation cultivating groups. This is essential for understanding labor protection measures and scrutinizing the hiring practices within these groups. Saragih remarked, “It is a recurring issue where palm oil industries bear the responsibility.”
He further argued that a uniform solution and robust law enforcement are preferable. Large private plantation companies possess the necessary tools for both legal compliance and the responsible hiring of female workers. It is crucial to ascertain whether female workers are being exploited.
Saragih stressed the importance of recognizing that female workers choose employment based on their needs. If the intention is to involve them in official roles, strict adherence to regulations is imperative.
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The female would work if they are needed. There is no regulation about this too. “They would work in each season. Do they fulfill the condition? The main key is the function of supervision,” he said.
Saragih also told that there was term, Family Gank. It had no issue but now, if they take their children to pick up the seeds, it breaks the regulation.
It needs to sort one case to another while law enforcement is firmly done. It needs to do supervision because the bottom line to prevent the violation is the supervision.
He also said that to deal with the labors, the companies have done beyond their jobs but there would be homework to do about the labors in the supply chain. “The corporate improves but is it done? The future challenge is the supply chain,” he said.
Palm oil plantation industries are big business and so are the issues. It needs big efforts from the big group to get the solutions. In the previous, the solution was partially done and in the end the solution of the issues got slower. The solution to get should not be about the female and children but in the bigger scale, it is about to solve the business and social conflict issues, and trade competition. (T2)