Minister Of Manpower Ida Fauziyah: I'm Still Trying To Persuade If Layoffs Are The Last Option

Screenshot of Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah's broadcast at the launch of the pilot project in Karawang, West Java, Wednesday, August 18 (Photo: Prisca Triferna/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah asked business actors to make termination of employment (PHK) a last resort in overcoming the difficulties faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Layoffs, we really ask that layoffs are the last option," he said at the launch of a regional-based job opportunity development pilot project in Karawang, West Java, reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 18. business actors dialogue with workers in solving problems faced by companies during the pandemic. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency, the number of unemployed in Indonesia, which reached 9.77 million people in August 2020, has decreased to 8.75 million people in February 2021.

Nevertheless, Ida said, every year the working age population entering the workforce also increases. Therefore, the Ministry of Manpower seeks to expand job opportunities, including through efforts to develop regional-based job opportunities. The Ministry of Manpower will run five pilot projects for developing job opportunities. area-based in several areas in order to optimize the utilization of local economic potential and the role of local human resources. "I am sure that if we can start with these five areas and be successful in formulating how to synergize all these steps, God willing, we will easily replicate it in other places," said Ida Fauziyah.