JAKARTA, Jan 6 (Bernama): Almost 1 million people in Indonesia lost their jobs due to layoff in the first 11 months of 2022, the republic’s Employers’ Association (APINDO) said, citing data from the unemployment claims filed to the workers' social security agency, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.
Speaking in an online press conference on the Job Creation Perpu on Jan 3, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported APINDO chairman Hariyadi B Sukamdani said that the mass layoffs were an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which some companies are still reeling from.
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