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.
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