The overall variety of laid off employees throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Aceh reaches more than 4,000
Banda Aceh, Aceh – More than 4,000 people in Aceh have lost jobs considering that the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Indonesia in March 2020, Chief of the Aceh Labor Alliance Saiful Mar stated.
” The overall number of laid off workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Aceh reaches more than 4,000,” he stated in Banda Aceh on Saturday.
Most of the workers were employed in hotels, mining business and service business before they were laid off, he stated.
” Hotels contributed most to the number laid-off employees, reaching up to 800,” he stated.
The hotel employees were not laid off but were forced to take unpaid leave. Nevertheless, the hotels where they used to work have actually hired other workers, he stated.
On the event, Saiful interested the Aceh guv to modify regional guideline (qanun) number 7 of 2014 on manpower to adapt to the Task Creation Law.
” The Aceh government need to likewise apply provincial base pay in accordance with the defined amount,” he stated.
He even more revealed thankfulness to business which do not lay off employees regardless of the pandemic.
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