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    "data": {
        "id": 2055527,
        "msgid": "1-100-shoe-factory-workers-laid-off-in-banten-1793001022",
        "date": "2026-10-26 13:44:46",
        "title": "1,100 Shoe Factory Workers Laid Off in Banten",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "PT Parkland World Indonesia has laid off 1,100 workers at its shoe factory in Lebak, Banten, as it prepares to move its operations elsewhere after its building lease expired. The layoffs took place in stages from late 2025 to October 2026, and local officials said the company had settled the affected employees\u2019 entitlements; one former worker has used severance pay to start a scrap-collection business.",
        "content": "<p>A total of 1,100 employees at the shoe factory of PT Parkland World\nIndonesia (PWI) in Lebak Regency, Banten, have been laid off. The South\nKorean-owned shoe company is set to move its operations to another\narea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe final layoffs took place on Friday (23 October), as the building\nlease expired and was not renewed,\u201d Rully Chaeruliyanto, secretary of\nthe Lebak Regency Manpower Office, said in Lebak, as reported by Antara\non Saturday (24 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>The workers were laid off in stages from late 2025 through October\n2026. \u201cWe appreciate that PT PWI has fully settled the entitlements of\nthe employees affected by the layoffs, without any problems,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Widi, a former PWI employee, has started a business\ncollecting used goods and scrap to support the family\u2019s financial\nneeds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were laid off in 2025, and I used the severance pay from the shoe\nfactory as capital to start collecting used goods. The business is still\ngoing,\u201d Widi said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/1-100-shoe-factory-workers-laid-off-in-banten-1793001022",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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