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Manpower Ministry bans age restrictions in job postings
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Pursuing opportunity: Two jobseekers study job openings during an employment fair on Aug. 23, 2013, at the Mega Career Expo in Balai Kartini, Jakarta. (JP/Nurhayati)
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anpower Minister Yassierli has issued a circular preventing employers from setting age limits on vacancies to provide equal opportunities for all jobseekers in the country.
“The main point of this circular is to ban discrimination of any kind in the job recruitment process,” Yassierli said on Wednesday, as quoted by Bisnis.
While the 1945 Constitution guaranteed Indonesians rights to employment and a decent standard of living, the minister said discriminatory practices in job recruitment still persisted, including age limits, hiring based on good looks, marital status, height, ethnicity and skin color.
Yassierli emphasized that the circular reflected the government’s stance against discrimination and commitment to providing clear guidelines for recruiters to maintain objective and fair practices in the hiring process.
However, setting age restrictions for job postings is allowed under certain conditions, such as in cases where the nature of the job requires age caps, and as long as the restriction does not prevent the general public from having fair access to jobs.
“These conditions also apply to jobseekers with disabilities, where the recruitment process must be conducted without discrimination and based on competence and job suitability,” the minister said.
He also urged employers to provide accurate, honest and transparent job vacancy information through official channels, adding that this could prevent fraudulent practices, forgery and brokering that ultimately could harm jobseekers.
