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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The government ensures that people affected by layoffs (termination of employment) will receive guarantees until they can return to work.
The guarantee through the Job Loss Guarantee (JKP) program in accordance with Legal Plan (RUU) Create Work that was approved as law this Monday (10/5/2020).
The coordinating Minister of Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, said that the Covid-19 pandemic not only had a major impact on the economy. It can be seen in the number of people affected by the layoffs (PHK). Therefore, through the Job Creation Bill, the government will run a JKP program.
“Job loss guarantee program that provides benefits, namely, cash or cash benefits and training to improve or re-qualify, and access to information on the labor market,” he said during his speech on the ratification of the Act of Job Creation in the Plenary Session of the DPR, on Monday (10/5/2020).
Also through JKP, Airlangga promised that people who were laid off could get more jobs.
“Thus, workers or day laborers who have experienced layoffs are still protected for a certain period of time while they look for a new job that is more suitable,” Airlangga said.
As is known, in the Draft Law for the Creation of Employment, article 46A establishes that the JKP is organized by the administrative body of labor social security (BPJSTK) and the government, which will later be further regulated through a Regulation of the Government (PP).
This program was delivered for the first time during the deliberation of the Job Creation Bill between the government and the Legislative Body of the DPR.
The expert staff in regulation, law enforcement and resilience of the Ministry of Coordination of Economic Affairs, Elen Setiadi, explained that amid the current pandemic, the JKP should have been implemented quickly.
Through JKP, Elen said subsequent layoff victims would receive cash benefits, that is, a kind of monthly salary or wages that could be agreed upon later.
“Several months depending on the agreement, 6 months, 9 months, this is what is covered through this program,” he said on Saturday (9/26/2020).
Then the victims of layoffs can get them too Vocational training, namely capacity building according to work capacity and manpower information.
Workers receiving JKP also said that Elen will continue to receive other social security in the form of occupational accident insurance (JKK), old-age security (JHT), pension security (JP), life insurance (JKM) and national health insurance. (JKN).
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