Judul: Gender and Workload of Formal Sector Workers during Work From Home due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstrak: Work From Home (WFH) merupakan skema baru yang diterapkan sektor formal akibat pandemi COVID-19. Momen tersebut merupakan tantangan bagi pekerja formal yang sudah menikah karena harus memenuhi tanggung jawabnya di pekerjaan produktif dan reproduktif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis beban kerja pria dan wanita selama WFH. Beban kerja ditentukan oleh total waktu dan kegiatan ketika menyelesaikan pekerjaan produktif dan reproduktif. Penelitian ini menggunakan 60 responden, metode survei, wawancara mendalam dan observasi untuk mengumpulkan data kuantitatif dan data kualitatif. Teknik accidental sampling digunakan untuk memilih responden dan mengelompokkannya ke dalam 4 kategori Life Cycle. Terdapat perbedaan antara beban kerja laki-laki dan perempuan baik sebelum maupun selama WFH dan perempuan memiliki beban kerja lebih dibandingkan laki-laki. Isu gender yang ditemukan yaitu beban ganda pada perempuan, kekerasan dalam rumah tangga secara psikologis dan keberadaan kebijakan yang bersifat responsif gender di perkantoran masa kini., Work from home (WFH) is a new work scheme, implemented by formal sectors in Indonesia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This brings new challenges for married formal workers as they have to fulfill their duties in both productive and reproductive works. This study aims to analyze the workload of men and women during WFH. The workload is determined by the length of time they spend and activities done to complete their productive and reproductive work. This research was conducted using 60 respondents, survey method, in-depth interview and observation to collect the quantitative as well as qualitative datas. Accidental sampling technique is used to select respondents and group them to 4 Life Cycle categories. This research finds that there is a difference between the workload of men and women on both before and during WFH as women still carried out more workload than men. There are several gender issues that occurred such as double burden on women, domestic violence in the form of psychological violence and gender-responsive policy in the nowadays offices.
Keyword: gender, beban kerja, work from home, pandemi COVID-19, tenaga kerja formal, WFH, workload, pekerja formal, isu gender, ketenagakerjaan, bekerja dari rumah

Judul: Work Motivation and Work-Family Conflict of Formal Working Mothers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstrak: Pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan adanya kebijakan bekerja dari rumah. Bekerja dari rumah memudarkan batasan antara urusan keluarga dan pekerjaan, serta dapat menurunkan motivasi kerja. Penelitian ini secara umum bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh motivasi kerja terhadap konflik kerja-keluarga ibu pekerja formal selama pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian cross sectional. Pemilihan lokasi penelitian dipilih secara purposive, yaitu DKI Jakarta dan Jawa Barat. Data diperoleh dengan cara self-administered menggunakan alat bantu kuesioner dalam bentuk link google form yang disebarkan secara online. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan voluntary sampling. Responden dalam penelitian ini adalah 101 ibu pekerja formal dengan keluarga utuh yang memiliki anak usia sekolah (6-12 tahun). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan positif signifikan antara lama pendidikan dengan motivasi ekstrinsik. Usia istri, usia anak, lama menikah, dan pengalaman kerja memiliki hubungan negatif signifikan dengan konflik kerja-keluarga. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa motivasi intrinsik memiliki hubungan dan pengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap konflik kerja-keluarga., The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a policy of working from home. Working from home blurs the line between family and work, and can reduce work motivation. This study generally aims to analyze the effect of work motivation on work-family conflicts of formal working mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study used a cross sectional research design. The research location was chosen purposively, namely DKI Jakarta and West Java. The data was obtained through self-administered using a questionnaire tool in the form of a google form link which was distributed online. The sampling technique was done by voluntary sampling. Respondents in this study were 101 formal working mothers with intact families who have school-age children (6-12 years). The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between length of education and extrinsic motivation. Age of wife, age of children, length of marriage, and work experience have a significant negative relationship with work-family conflict. The results also show that intrinsic motivation has a negative and significant relationship and influence on work-family conflict.
Keyword: Covid-19 pandemic, Formal workers, Work-family conflict, Work from home, Work motivation

Judul: Embriogenesis ikan buta (Astyanax fasciatus)
Abstrak: Ikan buta Astyanax fasciatus adalah spesies ikan unik dari famili Characidae yang menempati perairan dalam gua di Wilayah La Cueva Chica-San Luis Potasi-Mexico. Ikan ini memiliki mata yang tereduksi (Blind Cavefish) dan warna kulit merah muda, pucat serta mengkilap.
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