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Mon, 08/16/2010 - 23:09
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COMPANIES REFUSING TO PAY IDUL FITRI BONUSES FACE SANCTIONS


Medan, N Sumatra, August 16 (ANTARA) - North Sumatra Governor Syamsul Arifin urged relevant authorities to review the permits of companies which refuse to pay Idul Fitri bonuses to their workers.

The manpower authorities must review the permits of companies that intentionally pay the bonuses very late or even refuse to pay, he said here Monday.

"If the companies break the rule, review their permits," said Governor Syamsul Arifin, who is also chairman of the Golkar Party's-North Sumatra chapter.

Therefore, he called on all companies in the province to pay their workers' Eidul Fitri bonuses 10 days before the the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan.

"The Idul Fitri bonuses should be paid at least a week before the end of Ramadan fasting month festivities," he said.

According to the 2010 calendar, Idul Fitri festivities are to fall on September 10.

Governor Syamsul Arifin said enterprises operating in North Sumatra Province were strongly advised to pay Idul Fitri bonuses in time because the workers badly needed the money.

The bonuses were basically used for meeting the workers' increasing basic needs before and after the Idul Fitri festivities.

Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar had earlier warned that the Idul Fitri bonuses should be paid a week before the festivities.

"As stipulated in the minister's decision and regulations, the bonuses must be given (to workers) seven days before the Idul Fitri festivities," he said last weekend in the Central Java town of Cilacap.

If the company management and its workers had yet to agree on the amount of the bonus, they should resolve their problem peacefully through the tripartite mechanism, he said.

"Don't let that situation disrupt the company's production process that will only cause material losses to them (employer and employees)," he said.

Apart from that, Muhaimin Iskandar reminded companies that the Idul Fitri bonuses were the employees' right that should be paid.

Indonesia currently has at least 104.87 million workers.


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