Negative Perspectives Of Creative Industry Workers On The Cilaka Bill

JAKARTA - The presence of the Draft Law on Job Creation (RUU Cilaka) caused a polemic. Not only is it a burden on workers, the Cilaka Bill is also considered to be hampering the creative industry.

Secretary General of the Media and Creative Industry Workers Union for Democracy (SINDICATION), Ikhsan Raharjo, revealed that if the regulation is actually enforced, some workers' rights will automatically be lost. One of the points highlighted is the employment contract.

Referring to Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower, Article 59 paragraph 4 regulates the issue of work agreements. For specified time workers, contract employees may only be extended once within a maximum period of one year.

Meanwhile, if the Cilaka Bill is passed, the work contracts for creative workers and other industries will be increasingly unclear. In fact, it does not rule out the possibility that company owners will arbitrarily relate to work contract agreements and lead to dismissal.

"But if the Cilaka Bill is passed, it can continue to use rented houses without being permanently hired. In fact, there will even be mass dismissals," Ikhsan told VOI when contacted, Tuesday, January 14.

Not only problems with work contracts, the presence of the bill will also have an impact on the loss of workers' rights. Starting from allowances to severance pay in case of dismissal.

In fact, it will also have broad implications for prospective workers. One of them, they will rethink to become workers and end up in the economic aspect.

"This is a widespread damage effect. Many will later become victims. Including our children or prospective workers," said Ikhsan.

Meanwhile, when asked whether there is a positive element in the bill for workers, it is said that this is very small. This is because all planning in the regulation only involves groups of employers without any union representatives or workers involved.

In fact, at the end of the conversation, it was said that efforts to change the labor law had been made several years ago. It's just that, it failed because it had experienced problems.

"So this is all the desire or group from the entrepreneur's side and without involving us. If there is, it is only socialization without involving the workers to design it," said Ikhsan.

"Actually, this is not the first time there has been an attempt to change the labor law. But it has been since 2006 but has been hampered by several things," he continued while ending his statement.