Mass Layoff Textile Industry, Minister Of Manpower Ida Fauziyah: That's The Last Road

Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah opened her voice regarding the storm of layoffs (PHK) that occurred in the textile industry.

He said layoffs were the last resort that had to be taken by employers.

For your information, many textile factories in 2024 are out of business.

As a result, as many as 13,800 workers were laid off from January to June 2024.

"If there are companies that will lay off, of course what we encourage is that layoffs are really the last resort," he said at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Thursday, June 13.

"We ask for other efforts to continue to be carried out. Efficiency, then prioritizing dialogue, we will continue to encourage it," he continued.

Ida said, not a few companies showed signs of being laid off.

He said that a number of these companies often consult both management and those representing workers.

However, continued Ida, after mediation, the company finally did not lay off its workers.

"Not a few companies that will have signs of layoffs, they consult, both their management and those representing workers. And Alhamdulillah, it ends with an agreement and does not lay off. We continue to carry out dialogue efforts like this," he said.

If the company is forced to lay off, continued Ida, the company must ensure that employee rights are fulfilled.

"Well, if we have to lay off, then we ask that workers' rights be given in accordance with the laws and regulations. That's what we continue to do," he said.