Understanding Basic Labor Law Means Knowing Your Rights As an Employee

Most of us work a job for another person known as our employer. This that we have rights that are specific to the workplace and having a basic labor law understanding is necessary for anyone that works. This is a great way to make sure you are protected and you also need this basic knowledge to help yourself in any situation that may arise at work.

Nazaruddin 'threatened' Constitutional Court

Muhammad Nazaruddin, the treasurer of the incumbent Democratic Party, who has been linked to a major bribery case, threatened Constitutional Court Secretary-General K. Janedri M Gaffar after he refused a bribe, Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD says.

Nazaruddin allegedly said that he would “wreak havoc” on the Constitutional Court after Janedri’s returned money from Nazaruddin after the latter had requested a meeting with Janedri in Jakarta.

Nunun to wanted list by Interpol

Graft suspect Nunun Nurbaeti has been added to the Interpol wanted list.

Nunun, the wife of former National Police deputy chief Adang Daradjatun, is suspected of paying bribes to several legislators involved in the appointment of a senior post at the central bank in 2004.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 - Indonesia

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Indonesia is a major source country, and to a much lesser extent a destination and transit country for women, children, and men who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced prostitution and forced labor. Each of Indonesia's 33 provinces is a source and destination of trafficking, with the most significant source areas being Java, West Kalimantan, Lampung, North Sumatra, and South Sumatra. A significant number of Indonesian migrant workers face conditions of forced labor and debt bondage in more developed Asian countries and the Middle East – particularly Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Japan, Kuwait, Syria, and Iraq. During the year, the number of Indonesians seeking work abroad hit an all time high. There are an

Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers

Migration and domestic work

Every year about 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave home to seek employment abroad. Their primary destinations are the Middle East and Asia, with the two most common destinations being Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The latest data from the National Agency for the Protection and Placement of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) in August 2009 stated that there are approximately 4.3 million workers are presently working overseas, who contributed around US$ 6 billion and 8.2 billion in remittances to the Indonesian national economy in respectively 2007 and 2008. The number of undocumented migrants is estimated to be 2–4 times higher. Approximately 75 percent of all documented Indonesian migrant workers are women, with the vast majority working as domestic workers.

Gov’t: Dozens of Indonesian migrant workers face execution in Saudi Arabia

At least 22 Indonesian migrant workers could be facing execution for crimes they committed in Saudi Arabia, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said, saying it designated Rp 4.6 billion ($534,000) of its budget to help one of the workers.

Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar told the Antara news agency that 22 out of 316 Indonesians in Saudi Arabia are involved in legal cases that could lead to execution by beheading, as happened to house maid Ruyati binti Satubi last Saturday.

Case Ruyati binti Satubi, the Indonesian migrant worker

The children of Ruyati binti Satubi, the Indonesian migrant worker
recently beheaded for murder in Saudi Arabia, say they knew almost nothing about their mother before it was too late.

According to them, the only person who had knowledge of the violence that led the 54-year-old Ruyati to murder her employer was Warni, a fellow Indonesian worker who was also hired by Ruyati’s employer.

K-1 Visa - How to Get It?

A K-1 fiancé(e) visa is a nonimmigrant visa for a foreign born man or woman who wishes to come to the United States and marry a U.S. citizen fiancé(e). A U.S. citizen can petition for his or her foreign fiancé(e) to come to the United States if the couple has met each other in person within the last two years.

Divorce Records For Legal Purposes by Ben dave

Fortunately, anyone can now easily conduct a statewide level search for Virginia Divorce Records. Generally, this information is considered vital in this state. All records for divorces are kept by the state’s Division of Vital Records. Luckily, every individual has the right to access and get a copy of those documents that are dated since 1918 up to the current time.

The Results of a Failed Breath Test - Must be Dealing?

An article by Katz & Phillips, P.A., about The A breath test is usually taken with the use of a breathalyzer machine. Simply speaking, once a suspect has been pulled over, law enforcement will take a breath sample to get an estimate of the blood alcohol content of that person. If their level is found to be over the legal limit of 0.08, law enforcement will arrest the person and charge them with driving under the influence. At certain BAC levels, the charge will be elevated to something with even stronger or more life-altering penalties.

a Joson Epstein - Personal Injury Law

As a Bellevue child injury attorney, I am aware that serious injuries to children present unique issues that are different from other personal injury cases. One example of how the two types of cases are different is the fact that in child injury cases, the parent or guardian must file a claim on behalf of the child. Serious injuries to children come with life-long effects on the child and family such as medical bills and added stress. The attorney who represents the child and their family must be willing to go out of their way to make the legal process easy to understand to alleviate the stress associated with a child injury, and must be aware of the future costs that an accident involving a child can incur.

Helping Individuals Face Legal Problems

A criminal defense attorney is a lawyer dedicated in the legal defense of companies and/ or individuals charged with criminal demeanor. He or she may be permanently employed under various jurisdictions in criminal courts to help individuals or companies who are facing legal problems. A criminal defense lawyer may also be called a public defender when he or she legally represents a person charged with an offense but cannot afford a private attorney due to financial constraints. In such cases, public defenders can provide legal counsel to people pro bono, or for free. Each jurisdiction has a different set of legal practices from their state laws which every good criminal defense attorney should know about.