Sony urged to pay fair severance pay

Sony urged to pay fair severance pay

JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa
Wea asked PT Sony Indonesia on Thursday to give satisfactory
compensation funds to workers who have to be dismissed due to its
decision to shut down its operation in the country.

"For Sony, it is embarrassing if the company only pays
compensation funds as mentioned in Manpower Minister Decree
No.150/2000," he said.

Jacob said Sony must provide enough compensation funds to
laid-off workers to allow them to open new business or survive
before finding a new job. He did not mention any figure.

Japan-based Sony Corporation has decided to close its
operations in Indonesia although the government, through the
Ministry of Manpower, has lobbied its shareholders in Japan to
cancel the plan.

Sony Corporation argues it needs to strengthen its factory in
Malaysia, therefore the Indonesian factory has to be closed. -
Antara