Job creation law, Airlangga: Many peaks circulate. I emphasize that minimum wages are not abolished! Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, gave an explanation on various issues of the labor cluster on the Employment Creation Law (UU).

According to him, one of the things that is not true in the law is related to the elimination of the minimum wage.

Airlangga explained that the minimum wage was not abolished in the Employment Creation Law, but was maintained considering economic growth and inflation.

“First, there are a lot of hoaxes going around about employment. I stress that drinking wages are not abolished but still, taking into account economic growth and inflation,” Airlangga said at a virtual press conference on Wednesday (10 / 7/2020).

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“So salary the received ones did not go down ”, he said.

Another thing that, according to him, needs to be clarified is related to severance pay. Airlangga assured that in the Employment Creation Law, permanent employees or workers would receive severance pay.

Additionally, employees will also receive Job Loss Security (JKP) on Dismissal (PHK).

“In case of layoffs, there are benefits in the form of increased competition or improvement and he will be given access to new jobs, ”Airlangga said.

Regarding working time, Airlangga ensures that the applicable rules remain the same as the old law.

“Regarding the exploitative work time, we can say that in the Employment Creation Law the regulations on working time, rest day and rest week remain like the old Law in articles 77 and 79”, he said.

Furthermore, types of work that are specific or flexible time, for example electronic commerce, are regulated in an employment contract according to the rules of article 77.

Furthermore, as regards the right to menstrual leave and maternity leave, which Santer allegedly eliminated in the Copyright Act, Airlangga explained, it is still in line with the provisions of the old law, namely the Act No. 13 of 2003 relating to employment.

Regarding the issue of the elimination of the right to menstrual leave and maternity leave, we emphasize that employers are obliged to grant periods of leave and rest. Prayer times, menstrual leave, maternity leave, breastfeeding time, we emphasize that they are not eliminated and are maintained in accordance with the old law, ”he explained.

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Apart from that, other issues that according to him the misinterpretation are related Outsourcing It can be a lifetime contract and a pension is not guaranteed.

The General Chairman of the Golkar Party explained that in the Job Creation Law, subcontracted workers, both those hired and those who stay, will get guaranteed wages and social protection. He also said that workers’ rights must also be protected in the event of a change in the outsourcing company as regulated in Article 66.

“Regarding the issue of foreign workers (TKA) who can freely enter Indonesia, we emphasize that the Ciptaker Law regulates that foreign workers can work in Indonesia only for a certain position, for a certain time and must have certain competencies. Then companies that employ foreign workers are forced to work in Indonesia. We have a plan to use foreign workers (RPTKA), “he said.

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