JAKARTA: Mr Haekal Anshori, an employee in a small T-shirt printing shop, has been trying to contact his employer for days. He was trying to get ...
JAKARTA: Mr Haekal Anshori, an employee in a small T-shirt printing shop, has been trying to contact his employer for days.
Asking employees to take unpaid leave is actually against the Indonesian Labour Law, noted the Indonesian Labour Union. However, this practice has been rampant amid the pandemic, with low wage workers and those in the informal economy bearing the brunt. READ: Indonesia’s economic stimulus not enough to stop layoffs, focus should be to contain COVID-19: ExpertsThe domestic worker has been out of work since her Taiwanese employer decided to leave Indonesia in mid-March.
The restaurant, she said, only told her son: “Here is your March salary ... Don’t come to work until further notice”. “We have prepared a social safety net to enable the grassroots to fulfil their basic needs and maintain their purchasing power,” he then said. “I am monitoring for any announcement on how to apply for benefits and cash handout programmes. So far, none of my neighbours and friends have any clue.”Mdm Julaiha said with no work in Jakarta, she is trying to go back to her village in Magelang regency, Central Java.
Last year, 23 million Indonesians travelled from cities like Jakarta to the villages as Muslims looked to spend the Eid holidays with their families.
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