Open Unemployment Rate In Riau Is Down 0.05 Percent As Of August 2022

Head of the Riau Manpower and Transmigration Service (Disnakertrans), Imron Rosyadi. Antara/HO-Diskominfotik Riau.

RIAU - Head of the Riau Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans), Imron Rosyadi, said the Riau Province Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) in August 2022 was 4.37 percent. This figure is down 0.05 percentage points compared to August 2021. "However, the open unemployment rate in one district and city in Riau is not evenly distributed or different. This means that the problems of other regencies/cities still exist. For example, Pekanbaru, social problem pressure results in quite high unemployment," said Head of the Riau Manpower and Transmigration Office, Imron Rosyadi on the sidelines of handing over the Siddhakarya productivity award in 2022 to seven companies in Pekanbaru, Antara, Tuesday, December 20. He said that quite high unemployment also occurs in coastal areas where there are rarely investors such as the Meranti Islands, but different unemployment rates occur, especially in areas where there are many investments such as Pelalawan because there is PT RAPP. Next, he said, in Dumai City, there are a number of industrial areas, and in Bengkalis Regency, the open unemployment rate in the area has decreased due to the transfer of oil and gas management by PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR). "Therefore, all companies in Riau play a role in reducing the open unemployment rate because if the government and the private sector do not collaborate and cooperate, it is difficult to reduce the number of unemployed in this area," he said. BPS Riau released a percentage of half unemployed and part-time workers down compared to August 2021, with each percentage of 2.54 percentage points and 0.76 percentage points. In addition, there are 48.96 thousand people (0.94 percent of the working-age population) in Riau Province who have been affected by COVID-19. Consisting of unemployment due to COVID-19 (1.72 thousand people), non-work force (BAK) due to COVID-19 (6.69 thousand people), while not working due to COVID-19 (0.39 thousand people), and working populations who experienced reduced working hours due to COVID-19 (40.15 thousand people).