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The government has received more than two thousand reports, including complaints, regarding the holiday allowance (THR) during Eid al-Fitr this year, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto.

“The coordinating post of holiday allowance at the Manpower Ministry has confirmed that it received more than two thousand reports,” the minister said during ‘halalbihalal’ (post-Eid gathering), held online here on Wednesday.

Of the total, 692 reports were categorized as consultations and around 1,500 reports were complaints, he said.

“We will surely follow up (on the reports) and according to the Manpower Ministry, certain problems should be resolved under a bipartite scheme between the company and its labor union,” he added.

The government is striving to boost and supervise holiday allowance fulfillment, including monitoring the amount of money in circulation, to stimulate the purchasing power of the people, he explained.

“It is in line with the initial plan that Rp154 trillion had been circulating during Ramadhan. We check the Bank Indonesia’s report that the circulating money we expect to be a stimulant for public purchasing power,” he said.

The Manpower Ministry will keep the coordinating post for holiday allowance complaints open until May 20, 2021. Employers who break the regulations pertaining to holiday allowance fulfillment will face a penalty in accordance with the Government Regulation No.36 of 2021 on wages.

The ministry said the issues brought up before the coordinating post this year mostly pertained to holiday allowance being paid in installments by a company, only paid in half, not paid in full due to salary deduction, not paid as per the one month salary requirement, or not paid in full due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has assured that she will validate and verify the data and coordinate with related regional administrations to resolve the complaints. (Antaranews)