At the meeting, chairman Yahya Hassan Al-Maqbul, recommended that the Labor Ministry should not compel labor-recruitment offices to follow a new condition that the process of supplying a worker should be completed in four months. The meeting also appealed to Minister of Labor Adel Fakieh to exempt recruitment offices from late fines until April 4, 2011.
The recommendations also said that the local recruitment offices should adhere to the charges for labor agreed upon with Indonesia. The committee also demanded the Saudi National Committee for Recruitment ensure that Saudi recruitment offices adhere to all agreements with the Indonesian authorities.
The participants in the committee meeting also demanded that the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta ensure that Indonesian labor suppliers honor the agreement signed last month between the Kingdom and that country governing labor supply, Muhammad Abu Sarhad, a member of the committee told Arab News.
According to an agreement with the Indonesian authorities last month, an Indonesian labor supplier is to be paid SR1,200 for the recruitment of a maid. A Saudi employer will have to pay SR6,000 to the Saudi recruiter, Abu Sarhad.
Meanwhile, some Indonesian suppliers are demanding extra fees for each case, he added.
The Saudi Embassy in Indonesia should find out those who take fees that are not included in the agreement, he said.
