Good News! Erick Thohir Says SOE Employees Can Take Three Days Off In A Week

SOE Minister Erick Thohir (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir said BUMN employees could take additional holidays on Friday after working hard. This step is an effort to encourage mental health aspects for state-owned employees.

Initially, Erick said as much as 70 percent of the younger generation currently had mental health issues. Therefore, he encourages the implementation of a program called a comprehensive working schedule.

With this program, continued Erick, SOE employees can take three days off a week. However, Erick said that employees who can take a day off are those who have worked more than 40 hours a week.

"If you have worked for more than 40 hours, you have alternatives at the Ministry of SOEs, I don't know if it's in a state-owned company, you can, if it's more than 40 hours they have an alternative to take a day off on Friday," Erick said at the 2024 BCOMSS Night Awarding event, at Tennis Indoor Senayan, Central Jakarta, Thursday, March 7.

However, Erick emphasized that this program is not for SOEs to encourage employees to be lazy to work. He also said that it does not mean that every Friday BUMN employees can take a day off.

Furthermore, Erick said, the program is a right that can be taken by BUMN employees twice a month. Where employees who have worked extra can register holidays in their respective agencies.

"We encourage this does not mean we encourage you to be lazy. Not every Friday is off. If you have worked more than 40 hours in that week, you can register, in a month or two every Friday it can be an alternative for holidays. We do that," he explained.