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Indonesia layoff mitigation and data discrepancy efforts

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Indonesia layoff mitigation and data discrepancy efforts

In late May 2026 2026, the government announced the dissolution of state‑owned state-owned telecom PT INTI, assuring its 171 staff would keep their jobs. A month later later, warnings emerged that up to 2,500 workers at PT Pakerin and about 4,000 at PT Feng Tai faced possible dismissal after loss of Nike orders, prompting calls for protective policies. By late June June, the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) released a 12‑point 12-point draft framework to limit mass layoffs, recommending reduced hours, efficiency gains gains, and a trigger based on order declines before any terminations. On 1 July July, President’s Special Adviser on Labour Said Iqbal pledged full state funding for medical and psychiatric care for three workers kidnapped at a Jakarta printing firm and announced a Danantara‑led Danantara-led financial assessment of PT Pakerin, seeking a state‑bank state-bank loan of up to Rp400 billion to revive the plant and re‑employ re-employ roughly 2,700 staff. Iqbal then ordered investigations into layoff rumors at digital platforms Tokopedia and TikTok; the companies denied mass dismissals and reported internal talent mobility and more than 100 new hires, while about 200 employees had already accepted compensation packages. The government intensified its dialogue‑based dialogue-based mitigation in the digital sector on 13 July, with Satgas PHK monitoring high‑risk high-risk firms and promoting bipartite mediation. On 14 July July, Iqbal highlighted gaps in layoff statistics and called for stronger occupational‑safety occupational-safety oversight after a fatal accident at PT Moya, urging better data integration among ministries, BPJS BPJS, and trade unions. By early August, provincial data late July, a significant discrepancy emerged between Apindo’s report of 126,000 layoffs from Maluku showed only 74 workers affected by layoffs, January to May 2026 and Apindo refined its preventive measures, adding early‑company‑mapping indicators the Ministry of Labor’s record of only 32,389 cases through June. Minister Yassierli pledged to intervene before dismissals become inevitable. investigate this gap through verification.

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  1. 2026-08-26 04:22 UTC Indonesia layoff mitigation and data discrepancy efforts
  2. 2026-08-08 10:33 UTC Indonesia layoff mitigation efforts
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