Ombudsman Asks NTT Manpower And Transmigration Office To Follow Up Reports Of Alleged Maladministration

The Indonesian Ombudsman's Office in Jakarta. (Between)

The Indonesian Ombudsman representing East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) asked the NTT Provincial Cooperatives, Manpower and Transmigration Office (Diskopnakertrans) to follow up on public reports related to allegations of maladministration.

The head of the Indonesian Ombudsman representing NTT Darius Beda Daton said the report was related to not providing labor control services and employment inspection services.

"The employment theme is a special concern because reports with the substance of employment include the top six substances most often reported by the people of NTT," he said in Kupang, NTT, Tuesday, December 19, confiscated by Antara.

According to the allegation, the alleged maladministration of not providing labor control services is related to handling the fulfillment of the normative rights of the complainant in the form of overtime wages and other normative rights.

"The employment theme is indeed a special concern from the people of NTT at this time," he said.

This is reflected in the number of reports submitted to the NTT Ombudsman for the period January to October 2023.

The reports, he continued, are 36 public access with various employment problems in the form of fulfillment of workers' rights, labor supervision, and complaints on the completion of industrial relations.

Darius said the NTT Ombudsman's recommendation had been confirmed in the coordination meeting with the agency some time ago.

According to Darius, the NTT Manpower and Transmigration Office acknowledged that there were several obstacles faced in monitoring employment in NTT, one of which was the limited number of labor and mediator supervisors, which only numbered 22 people throughout NTT.

With this relatively small number, supervisors must supervise 28,902 companies with details of 28,161 micro companies, 358 small companies, 329 medium companies, and 54 large companies with a total of 35,161 employees.

However, his party continues to encourage the acceleration of handling public reports related to employment services.

The relevant agencies also agreed and were ready to resolve the issue according to the expectations of the reporter and in accordance with applicable regulations.

"Coordination and cooperation must continue to be built in order to complete public reports together," said Darius.