Are holidays in the Job Creation Act only Sundays? Airlangga …



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JAKARTA – The Coordinating Minister (Menko) of Economy Airlangga Hartarto open a voice about the controversy Law (UU) Create Job which caused a lot of confusion. One of them refers to working time of day laborers or workers.

According to Airlangga, the working time still refers to the old rules. Meanwhile, jobs that require flexibility such as electronic commerce are regulated according to article 77 of the Employment Creation Law.

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By way of illustration, based on article 78 paragraph (1) point b of the Employment Creation Law, overtime can only be performed a maximum of 4 (four) hours in 1 (one) day and 18 (eighteen) ) hours in 1 (one) week.

Previously, in article 78 paragraph (1) point b of the Labor Law No. 13 of 2003, overtime could only be performed a maximum of 3 (three) hours in 1 (one) day and 14 (fourteen) hours on 1 (one) Sunday.

Apart from that, the provisions relating to overtime work and overtime wages that were previously regulated by a Ministerial Decree are regulated in a Government Regulation. Meanwhile, the Employment Creation Law also omits point a of article 77, paragraph 2, of the Manpower Law No. 13 of 2003 on working time.

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As established in paragraph 2 of article 77 of the Copyright Law, the longest working time is 8 (eight) hours 1 (one) day and 40 (forty) hours 1 (one) week. In addition, there is an additional section 77A in the Job Creation Act that states whether the employer can enforce working hours that exceed the provisions of section 77.2 for a particular type of job or business sector.

In article 77 A, paragraph 2), it is established that this working time is carried out according to the regime of the working period. Thus, workers in certain sectors can work more than eight hours a day.

“So those related to the break from the working week remain like the old temporary law that is of a secure nature and requires flexibility, as electronic commerce is regulated in accordance with Article 77,” he said at a press conference at the Office from the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Jakarta, on Wednesday (7/10). / 2020).

Airlangga added that the company is also required to provide its workers with leave and rest time. This license includes childbirth, lactation until menstruation.

Then it was emphasized that the company is obliged to provide leave and rest time, obliged to provide time for worship, as well as those related to leave, both for childbirth, lactation and menstruation, which according to the law is not abolished ”, He explained.

(akr)

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