merumahkan

English translation: lay off

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Indonesian term or phrase:merumahkan
English translation:lay off
Entered by: David Andersen

00:52 May 27, 2013
Indonesian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
Indonesian term or phrase: merumahkan
Kata ini muncul dalam surat mengenai suatu perselisihan antara perusahaan. Kalimat lengkapnya:
Pada tanggal xxx Perusahaan YYY telah merumahkan sebagian besar karyawannya dan telah melaporkan hal ini kepada Dinas Sosial Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi di masing-masing Kabupaten.
David Andersen
Australia
Local time: 21:04
lay off/dismiss
Explanation:
Merumahkan is a indirect way to say that one is being fired. From rumah as in house/home.
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Elvita Haff (X)
Japan
Local time: 20:04
Grading comment
Thanks for your explanation and I agree it is being used euphemistically to mean lay off
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1lay off/dismiss
Elvita Haff (X)
5release from service or duty
Sangga Saiful
4 +1send (most of its employees) home temporarily
Wiyanto Suroso
4locked out
Ian Forbes
3terminate
Ikram Mahyuddin


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lay off/dismiss


Explanation:
Merumahkan is a indirect way to say that one is being fired. From rumah as in house/home.

Example sentence(s):
  • TRIBUNNEWS.COM LONDON - HSBC Holdings PLC menyatakan bakal merumahkan 14 ribu karyawannya dari berbagai belahan dunia.

    Reference: http://www.tribunnews.com/2013/05/22/hsbc-bakal-merumahkan-1...
    Reference: http://thesaurus.com/browse/lay+off?s=t
Elvita Haff (X)
Japan
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for your explanation and I agree it is being used euphemistically to mean lay off

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angvivianwong
4 hrs
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terminate


Explanation:
imho

Ikram Mahyuddin
Indonesia
Local time: 18:04
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release from service or duty


Explanation:
IMHO
The word merumahkan is another word from to give the sack or to fire
merumahkan: membebaskan pegawai (karyawan) dr pekerjaannya dng cara menyuruh tinggal di rumah saja (KBBI; hlm. 1084)
The English sentence of the above explanation would be to release employees from their duty by telling them just to stay at home


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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-05-27 05:21:14 GMT)
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Tambah dikit ya:
'merumahkan' merupakan kata halus dari 'memecat'

Sangga Saiful
Indonesia
Local time: 19:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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send (most of its employees) home temporarily


Explanation:
Benar apa yang disebutkan dalam diskusi di atas bahwa 'merumahkan' itu sebenarnya bersifat sementara meskipun disadari bahwa ada sebagian orang yang mengartikannya bersifat tetap. Yang paling relevan dalam hal ini ialah tafsiran berikut ini:

Surat Edaran Menteri Tenaga Kerja kepada pimpinan perusahaan di seluruh Indonesia No. SE-907/MEN/PHI-PPHI/X/2004 tentang Pencegahan Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja Massal (“SE 907/2004”) pada butir f menyatakan Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja haruslah sebagai upaya terakhir, setelah dilakukan upaya berikut :
“f. Meliburkan atau Merumahkan pekerja/buruh secara bergilir untuk sementara waktu.”
Sehingga dari isi SE 907/2004 di atas dapat dipahami bahwa merumahkan karyawan sama dengan meliburkan/membebaskan pekerja untuk tidak melakukan pekerjaan sampai dengan waktu yang ditentukan oleh perusahaan.

http://www.hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/lt4e495336ea34c/sta...

Menurut kamus Alan M. Stevens (2008), 'merumahkan' (euph.) (sementara) itu 'to send someone home temporarily' (due to participation in a strike, etc.). Cukup panjang, tetapi memang belum ada padanan singkatnya.

Wiyanto Suroso
Indonesia
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward Thornton
23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Edward.
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locked out


Explanation:
Dalam arti kata kerja aktif, yaitu YYY locked out the majority of its employees ….
Definisi kamus online: lock out
To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.


Ian Forbes
New Zealand
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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