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Opinion 5 years ago
As COVID-19 bites, current labor rules can protect jobs
Following threats of labor rallies on April 30 despite the quarantine, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on Friday that the deliberations of labor-related provisions in the bill would be postponed to “provide us with the opportunity to explore substantial issues within the bill and also to accommodate input from stakeholders.” But does the labor legislation really need to be changed?
Opinion 5 years ago
Women manufacturing workers hit hardest
Comprising the bulk of workers without a permanent status, women workers are most vulnerable to layoffs and are more likely to be exposed to economic injustice because they depend on daily wages, which in turn depend on production volume. As production tanks, it is these women who are hit hardest.
Opinion 6 years ago
Omnibus bill on job creation: Our last bus to demographic bonus
Something that President Jokowi could have emphasized again and again since he broached the omnibus bill plans in his Independence Day speech in August, is that these pieces of legislation are essential if Indonesia is going to cash in on the demographic dividend — a phenomenon that occurs when the size of the working-age population of between 14 and 65 years outnumbers dependents.
