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Creative professionals overworked, report says
Overworking and work accidents have plagued the creative economy industry, according to a recent survey by Sindikasi, a union of over 200 creative and media workers.
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Head of research at creative economy workers union Sindikasi, Fathimah Fildzah Izzati (second left), and Manpower Ministry head of occupational accident control Anita Kusumawati (second right) attend a discussion at the launch of a Sindikasi survey in Jakarta on Feb. 15. (JP/Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman)
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verworking and work accidents have plagued the creative economy industry, according to a recent survey by Sindikasi, a union of over 200 creative and media professionals.
The survey, released Saturday, polled around 84 respondents who work in the creative industry in Indonesia, 25 percent of whom work in the media or for the press, while 13 percent work in technology, 11.9 percent in design, 8.3 percent in advertising, 8.3 percent in research and the remaining in unspecified sectors.
About 40.5 percent of respondents said they worked more than eight hours a day, the working time set in the 2003 law on employment. In contrast, only 19 percent of respondents said they worked eight hours a day.
The study also found that 82.1 percent of the respondents said they did not get overtime pay.
These employees worked beyond the normal operational hours due to excessive workloads.
Of the total 84 respondents, 51.2 percent said their workloads were greater than what was agreed on in the contracts they signed with their employers.
"We found a correlation between working hours and work accidents or illnesses," lead researcher Fathimah Fildzah Izzati said at the launch of the survey on Saturday. "The longer the working hours, the more likely that a work accident occurs."
