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Approaching the religious day this May 2020, the Ministry of Manpower has issued a Circular Letter No. M/6/HI.00.01/V/2020 concerning Implementation of Payment of Religious Holiday Allowance of 2020 in Companies during the Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19) Pandemic (“CL 6/2020”). Please find below the highlighted key figure of the mentioned CL 6/2020: Notwithstanding the current economic situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are obligated to pay Religious Holiday Allowance (Tunjangan

“Manpower Law regulates the amount, form, structure, and mechanism of wage payment.” According to Law No. 13 of 2003 on Manpower, A wage is the right of the employee that is received and expressed in the form of money as remuneration from the employer to employee, which amount is determined and paid according to a work agreement, consensus, or laws and regulations, including allowances for the employee and their family

“The purpose of Perppu 1/2020 is to mitigate the impact of the pandemic under the framework of rescuing health, national economy, and recovery of the affected business.” Currently, the world has been suffered from the spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) that brought health risks to the community and caused fatalities for those infected in the world, including Indonesia. COVID-19 pandemic has also impact and threaten Indonesia’s economic growth,