The Employment Social Security Administration Agency (BPJS) or BPJamsostek has paid Job Loss Benefits (JKP) for 26,690 participants, with a total nominal value of IDR 159.1 billion. This number increased by 250% of the total JKP beneficiaries during the period from February to December 2022. This condition illustrates that layoffs (PHK) are still rife, especially in the textile and shoe industries.

Deputy for Communications at BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Oni Marbun said cash benefit payments in the Job Loss Guarantee program (JKP) up to June 2023 totaled 36,831 participants with a nominal value of IDR 203.5 billion.

Oni explained, when viewed from the Industrial Sector group, the majority exposed to layoffs and JKP benefits included various industries (52.39%), trade and services (17.36%), basic and chemical industries (12.78%), goods industry Consumption (9.31%).

"While the textile and shoe industries are in the Consumer Goods Industry category," said Oni, Wednesday (26/7).

Chairperson of the Indonesian Fiber and Filament Yarn Producers Association (APSyFI) Redma Gita Wirawasta said that the trend of layoffs of employees in the Textile and Textile Products (TPT) industry has not shown any signs of ending.

Most recently, the TPT producer, PT ACP Purwakarta, had to lay off around 500 employees because it stopped operating as of July 18, 2023.

APSyFI notes, it is estimated that around 50,000 TPT industry employees will experience layoffs in semester I-2023.

This number is indeed not as many as the layoffs that occurred in semester II-2022, namely around 100,000 employees. However, this still indicates that the national textile industry is still in a sluggish condition.