JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) straightens up various hoaxes surrounding the Job Creation Law. Jokowi emphasized that the Job Creation Law is needed to open up new jobs.
"In a closed meeting I emphasized why we need a Job Creation Law. First, every year there are around 2.9 million new working-age young people entering the labor market, so the need for new jobs is very urgent, ”said Jokowi in a statement broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube, Friday, October 9.
Jokowi reviewed the conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 6.9 million unemployed and 3.5 million workers affected by COVID-19. As many as 87 percent of the total working population, continued Jokowi, has a high school education level and below.
"So it is necessary to encourage the creation of new jobs, especially in the labor-intensive sector, so the Job Creation Law aims to provide as many jobs as possible for job seekers and unemployed people," said Jokowi.
In addition, the Job Creation Law according to Jokowi will make it easier for the community, especially micro and small businesses to open new businesses. Overlapping regulations and complicated procedures are said by Jokowi to be trimmed.
"However, I see demonstrations against the Job Creation Law which are basically motivated by disinformation regarding the substance of this law and hoaxes on social media," said Jokowi.
"I take for example there is information that raises information about the elimination of UMP, UMK, UMSP. This is not true because the fact is that the UMR still exists," he continued.
The second hoax is about the hourly minimum wage. Jokowi stressed that there was no change with the current system.
"Wages can be calculated based on time and based on results," he said.
The third hoax is the news that all leave from sick leave, marriage, circumcision, baptism, death to maternity leave has been abolished and there is no compensation.
"I emphasize this is not true. The right to leave remains and is guaranteed, "Jokowi continued.
Fourth, Jokowi said that hoaxes about companies can unilaterally terminate employment (PHK) at any time. Jokowi emphasized that the issue was not true.
"The truth is that companies cannot unilaterally lay off workers," he said.
The fifth hoax is about the news of the loss of social security and welfare. Jokowi ensures that social security remains.
"What is also often reported is that the AMDAL is not abolished, nor is it true. AMDAL still exists, for large industries a strict AMDAL study is required, but for MSMEs the emphasis is on mentoring and supervision, "said Jokowi.
The seventh hoax, news regarding the Job Creation Law encourages the commercialization of education. Jokowi emphasized that this news was not true.
"Because what is regulated is only formal education in special economic areas. Meanwhile, education licensing is not regulated in the Job Creation Law. Moreover, licensing for education in Islamic boarding schools is not regulated at all in the Job Creation Law and the existing rules remain in effect, "said Jokowi
Meanwhile, regarding land banks, Jokowi mentioned the importance of land banks for community access to land ownership and land ownership.
"I also emphasize that the Job Creation Law does not carry out a recentralization of authority from local government to government, no, nothing. Business licensing and supervision are still carried out by the local government in accordance with the NSPK set by the central government so that there are good service standards in all regions and the determination of NPSK will be regulated in PP, Government Regulation, "said Jokowi.
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