400 workers laid off

400 workers laid off

PURWAKARTA, West Java: About 400 employees of a garment factory, PT Mayer Florek Indonesia, have been laid off indefinitely without clear reasons.

Chief of the local office of manpower ministry Gumbira said his office is looking into the report.

"If the company has financial problems, it should have given proper severance pay to its workers before it closed down," Gumbira told Antara.

Last week, the company's workers went on the rampage, charging that the management kept changing the date of their pay day. Personnel manager Bayu Sangaji was seriously injured in the incident.

The workers said they have been to various government agencies for help but found no immediate solution. (pan)