28 June 2021 | Fact Sheet

Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Indonesia – update

Summary

Key findings

 

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on private sector employees in Indonesia:

 

  • Workers’ productivity has continued to recover since the early impacts of the pandemic. However, in the December 2020 survey, 13% of workers still reported lower productivity compared with the pre-pandemic situation, and 54% were considering working less, as a result of the negative impacts they have experienced
  • More than a third of workers (38%) reported worse mental well-being, a slight increase between surveys, and
    23% reported worse physical well-being, a slight decrease. Older workers reported more resilient mental and physical health than younger employees.
  • Employees attributed these negative impacts mostly to anxiety about the situation, financial and family concerns, and exhaustion from increased domestic burdens.
  • The majority of women (90%) and men (81%) reported having more responsibility at home, for housework
    and/or caring for children and other relatives.
  • Despite some improvement between surveys, 43% of workers are still receiving lower pay. Lower-income and less senior workers are more likely to suffer losses in income.
  • Almost all impacts of COVID-19 are worse for service sector workers, particularly hotel and restaurant workers, whose businesses have been most affected by lockdowns.
  • However, four in five employees reported that COVID-19 has also brought positive changes to their work life. Access to flexible work arrangements was reported by 54% of women and 49% of men as the most popular positive change
  • In this survey, women and men reported that COVID-19 has affected them in similar ways, although women’s physical well-being has been more impacted due to exhaustion from increased domestic burdens.

 

Want to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on employees in Indonesia? Download the fact sheets in English or Indonesian.

 

You can also download the fact sheets for Vietnam and the Philippines.

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