1,100 Shoe Factory Workers Laid Off in Banten

A total of 1,100 employees at the shoe factory of PT Parkland World Indonesia (PWI) in Lebak Regency, Banten, have been laid off. The South Korean-owned shoe company is set to move its operations to another area.

“The final layoffs took place on Friday (23 October), as the building lease expired and was not renewed,” Rully Chaeruliyanto, secretary of the Lebak Regency Manpower Office, said in Lebak, as reported by Antara on Saturday (24 October 2026).

The workers were laid off in stages from late 2025 through October 2026. “We appreciate that PT PWI has fully settled the entitlements of the employees affected by the layoffs, without any problems,” he said.

Meanwhile, Widi, a former PWI employee, has started a business collecting used goods and scrap to support the family’s financial needs.

“We were laid off in 2025, and I used the severance pay from the shoe factory as capital to start collecting used goods. The business is still going,” Widi said.