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        "msgid": "labour-minister-states-ongoing-investigation-into-mie-sedaap-dismissal-case-1772002426",
        "date": "2026-02-25 11:39:41",
        "title": "Labour Minister States Ongoing Investigation into Mie Sedaap Dismissal Case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower is investigating allegations that PT Karunia Alam Segar, the Mie Sedaap noodle producer, dismissed approximately 400 workers via WhatsApp notification before Ramadan despite their employment contracts remaining valid. Following intervention from parliamentary leadership, the company has agreed to halt further layoffs, though labour unions contend the incident represents a broader pattern of mass dismissals across Indonesian manufacturing.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Minister of Manpower, Yassierli, stated that his\nministry is still investigating allegations of layoffs at PT Karunia\nAlam Segar (KAS), the producer of Mie Sedaap noodles, in Gresik.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the (alleged layoffs) at Mie Sedaap, we are still\nmonitoring the situation, and we will update you later,\u201d said Minister\nYassierli in Jakarta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, information circulated on social media that approximately\n400 workers at the Mie Sedaap noodle production company were sent home a\nfew days before the start of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media, these hundreds of workers reportedly\nreceived information about the layoffs only through WhatsApp messages.\nHowever, the employment contracts of these hundreds of workers were\nstill valid.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI),\nSufmi Dasco Ahmad, stated on Monday (23 February) that he had received\ninput from workers at PT Karunia Alam Segar, the producer of Mie\nSedaap.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the company had agreed and promised not to carry out\nfurther layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have coordinated, and I think the workers can now return to work\ncalmly,\u201d said Dasco.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the company\u2019s layoff policy should not have\nhappened, especially during Ramadan and leading up to Eid al-Fitr.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) stated\nthat the case of dozens of Mie Sedaap factory workers being sent home\nbefore Eid is not an isolated incident, but rather the tip of the\niceberg of a serious problem related to the payment of Eid bonuses\n(THR).<\/p>\n<p>KSPI President, Said Iqbal, stated that the practice of \u201csending\nworkers home\u201d without layoffs is a new tactic to avoid the obligation to\npay THR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company is not carrying out layoffs. That is true. But the\nworkers are sent home, not paid their salaries before Eid, and not paid\ntheir THR. This is a tactic,\u201d said Said Iqbal.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-minister-states-ongoing-investigation-into-mie-sedaap-dismissal-case-1772002426",
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