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Judul Pandemic-hit Freelancers have no safety net
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neutral - David Rahman (Freelancer) It is impossible to teach music online because students do
not have their own musical in-struments at home. Many music competitions for students were
canceled, so the schools stopped music courses just like that

neutral - Zainul Hidayat (researcher at UI’s demography center at the School of Economics and
Business) If the pandemic continues for the next two months, these self-employed workers will
find it harder to run their business-es, while many more freelancers will also be without an
income

neutral - David Rahman (Freelancer) Since I’m not teaching any-more, I’m not getting paid
either

neutral - Amanda Anindita (Surabaya-based wedding and couples photoggapher) The pandemic
has had abig im-pact on the wedding and event-re-lated business. Many clients have decided
to postpone their wedding events following the imposi-tion of PSBB [large-scale social re-
strictions]

neutral - Amanda Anindita (Surabaya-based wedding and couples photoggapher) Commercial
opportunities still come to me and I can learn new skills during this time

Ringkasan

Freelancers and entrepreneurs are among those who have been hit hard by the COVID-19
outbreak, many of whom are reporting in-come losses and declining activity, with no safety net
or government aid in place to soften the fail.

Research by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in collaboration with the University of
Indonesia (UI) and the Manpower Ministry involving 2,160 participants with different jobs, found
that 55 percent of freelancers respondents reported that they had lost their jobs, while 58
percent had no income due to the health crisis.

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