JAKARTA - Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Yassierli ensures that the Manpower Termination Task Force (PHK Task Force) is working to mitigate the potential for layoffs in various sectors.
"There is already a PHK Task Force, so there, one, how is there an early warning for sectors that have the potential (to carry out) PHK," said the Minister of Home Affairs Yassierli, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 6.
"Then in the PHK Task Force, cases were also discussed, which then needed (to be intervened)," he said.
The Minister of Home Affairs said that the stages for companies to carry out layoffs were quite long, so that the task force led by the Minister of State Secretariat (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi, could carry out mitigation tasks to mediate between the parties concerned.
"The stage of layoffs, right, is long. There are news, there are news, then we have to verify it, there are those who then we push bipartisanship to resolve first, then there are those who then we have to mediate and so on," explained Yassierli.
The Minister of Home Affairs gave an example of how the prevention of layoffs in one of the labor-intensive sectors due to the high price of industrial gas some time ago, could be overcome.
"In some cases, what if there is an issue, for example yesterday related to the scarcity of gas, the high cost of gas, right, the PHK Task Force immediately intervened," he said.
In addition, Yassierli said the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) is also active in carrying out efforts to prevent layoffs, improving the competence of laid-off victims, to improving the ability of the young workforce through various strategic programs.
"We have an internship program (National Internship), we have a vocational program (National Vocational Training), then we have certification. So we see that these programs can actually be more optimal, yes, and more to prepare the competence of our human resources (HR)," said the Minister of Home Affairs Yassierli.
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