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Throughout 2015, the Ministry of Manpower recorded at least 48,843 workers in 18 provinces affected by layoffs. According to the ministry, approximately 85 percent of these layoffs were concentrated in five provinces: East Kalimantan, West Java, Banten, East Java, and Riau Islands. The highest number of layoffs occurred in East Kalimantan, a province that is a major producer of oil and gas and coal mining. The Director of Prevention and Settlement of Industrial Relations Disputes (PPHI) at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, Sahat Sinurat, stated that the coal mining sector was responsible for a significant number of layoffs.
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