The New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer Policy and the Contractual Rights of Indonesian Workers
Abstract
The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme has attracted overseas workers to work in the horticulture and viticulture industries in New Zealand. They come from various countries all over the world, to stay and work in New Zealand. This article would explore some legal issues arise from New Zealand’s RSE policy in particular relation with the Indonesian migrant workers who seek a job in New Zealand. It would also analyze the rights and obligations of the workers as stipulated in the employment contract concluded by the Indonesian workers and the New Zealand companies under the RSE scheme. The normative legal writing combines the research on relevant public and private legal instruments and comparatively examines both national law and regulations of Indonesia and New Zealand in order to afford a balanced insight of the law of both countries. This study found that on one hand, New Zealand laws have already covered all aspects of workers and determined New Zealand’s government obligation to oversee the employment agreements, while on the other hand, Indonesian law and regulation do not cover explicitly the issue of protection of Indonesian workers who work in New Zealand under the RSE scheme. This article offers constructive recommendations addressed to any relevant stakeholders in order to improve the legal nature, institutional role and procedure for supporting New Zealand’s RSE policy and in the same time the better protection to the Indonesian migrant workers.
Downloads
References
Artadi, I. Ketut, and I Dewa Nyoman Rai Asmara Putra. Implementasi Ketentuan-Ketentuan Hukum Perjanjian ke dalam Perancangan Kontrak. Denpasar: Udayana University Press Udayana, 2010.
Jhingan ML, Ekonomi Pembangunan dan Perencanaan. Jakarta: Raja Grafindo Persada, 2008.
Nonnenmacher, Sophie, Free Movement within the ASEAN”, in Migration, Free Movement and Regional Integration, edited by Sonja Nita, Antoine Pécoud, Philippe De Lombaerde, Kate Neyts and Joshua Gartland, 347-393. Paris: UNESCO – UNU-CRIS, 2017.
Putra, Ida Bagus Wyasa, Teori Hukum dengan Orientasi Kebijakan (Policy-oriented Theory of Law), Denpasar: Udayana University Press, 2016.
Sugianto, Fajar, Economic Approach to Law: Seri Analisis Ke-ekonomian tentang Hukum. Jakarta: Kencana Prenada Media Group, 2013
Wicaksono, Frans Satriyo. “Panduan lengkap membuat surat-surat kontrak.” Jakarta: Visi Media, 2008.
Winters, L.A, New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme: An Object Lesson in Policy Making – But for Whom? Toronto, Geneva and Brighton: ILEAP, CUTS International Geneva and CARIS, 2016.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Adharinalti, “Perlindungan terhadap Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Irregular di Luar Negeri (Protection of Irregular Indonesian Workers in Overseas)”, Jurnal Rechtsvinding: Media Pembinaan Hukum Nasional 1, no.1 (2012) : 157-173
Bedford, Charlotte, Richard Bedford, and Elsie Ho. “Engaging with New Zealand’s recognized seasonal employer work policy: The case of Tuvalu.” Asian and Pacific migration journal 19, no. 3 (2010): 421-445. https://doi. org/10.1177/011719681001900306
Damiri, Devi Melisa, and Mohammad Benny Alexandri. “Industrial Relations: Comparative Non-standard Employment Relationship in Nigeria and Indonesia.” AdBispreneur 2, no. 1 (2017). 79-92. https://doi.org/10.24198/adbispreneur. v2i1.12881
Famulski, Tomasz, “Economic Efficiency in Economic Analysis of Law”, Journal of Finance and Financial Law 3, no. 15 (2017): 27-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2391-6478.3.15.03
Farbenblum, Bassina. “Governance of Migrant Worker Recruitment: A Rights-based Framework for Countries of Origin.” Asian Journal of International Law 7, no. 1 (2017): 152-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251316000011
Hakim, Luqman, and Anwar Fitrianto. “Political Economy of Sending Domestic Workers Abroad: Case Study of Indonesian Migrant Workers.” Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 6, no. 4 (2015): 316-322. https://doi.org/10.5901/ mjss.2015.v6n4p316
Hao’uli, Ema. “Triple wins or Trojan Horse?: Examining the recognised seasonal employer scheme under a Twail Lens.” New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 11 (2013): 183-220.
Hartati, Sawitri Yuli, “Peranan Perusahaan Penempatan Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Swasta (PPTKIS) dalam Perekrutan Calon TKI Ke Luar Negeri Melalui Skema P To P”, Social Justicia 1, no. 1 (2017): 142-160.
Oelangan, Meita Djohan. “Implementasi Perjanjian Kerja Dalam Penempatan Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Ke Luar Negeri.” Pranata Hukum 9, no. 1 (2014): 49-61.
WORKING PAPER
Gibson, John and David McKenzie,“Development through Seasonal Worker Programs: The Case of New Zealand’s RSE Program”, Policy Research Working 6762, The World Bank Development Research Group Finance and Private Sector Development Team, January 2014. http://documents.worldbank.org/ curated/en/502981468059040351/pdf/WPS6762.pdf
THESIS AND DESSERTATION
Kumar, Ronald Ravinesh. “Migration and Development: The Development Impacts of Short-Term Labour Migration of Ni-Vanuatu Workers to New Zealand”, Thesis, Masters of Arts in Development Studies, School of Government, Development and International Affairs Faculty of Business & Economics Laucala Campus The University of the South Pacific. 2012.
REPORT
Commision of Law of New Zealand, “Electronic Commerce Part One: A Guide for the Legal and Business Community”, Report No. 50, Wellington, October 1998, para 50. http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/sites/default/files/projectAvailableFormats/NZLC%20R50_0.pdf
Department of Labour of New Zealand“Final Evaluation Report of The Recognised Seasonal Employer Policies (2007 – 2009)”, New Zealand, 2010
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT
ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Convention No.97 concerning Migration for Employment, Annex I Recruitment, Placing and Conditions of Labour of Migrants for Employment Recruited Otherwise than under Government-Sponsored Arrangements for Group Transfer
Convention No.143 concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
NATIONAL LAWS OF INDONESIA
The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia
Indonesian Civil Code
Act No. 39 Year 2004 concerning the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers
Act No. 6 Year 2011 concerning Immigration
Regulation of the Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmigration No: PER.19/MEN / V / 2006 concerning Implementation of Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Worker
