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Opinion 2 months ago
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Analysis: Lower unemployment rate masks labor market weakness
Indonesia's labor market is sending mixed signals. Official data show unemployment declining, yet claims for unemployment and old-age benefits are surging, while job seekers now spend nearly 20 months on average searching for work. The contradiction raises a broader question: Is Indonesia’s labor market improving, or are conventional unemployment statistics failing to capture growing pressures beneath the surface?
Economy 2 months ago
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Dasco presses Pertamina CEO over gas price crisis threatening 55,000 jobs
The intervention comes as labor groups warn that two major ceramic producers, Milan Keramik and Mulia Keramik, face an imminent shutdown in Bekasi, West Java, potentially putting about 55,000 jobs at risk.
Politics 2 months ago
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Labor movement’s future in question after Said Iqbal joins Prabowo administration
The appointment of labor leader Said Iqbal as special presidential advisor on employment and workers’ welfare has sparked concerns over possible state cooptation of labor movement in the country, prompting questions about the future of labor groups’ independence.
Politics 3 months ago
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Prabowo swears in new BGN chief, labor leader Said Iqbal as presidential advisor
President Prabowo Subianto on Monday inaugurated new leadership for the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) and named labor leader Said Iqbal as a special presidential advisor on employment, raising questions about the future direction of the government’s free meals program and the country’s labor movement.
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