The Distance Of Two Work Sifs Directed By The DKI Provincial Government Is Considered Too Short

JAKARTA - Head of Jakarta Ombudsman Representative, Raya Teguh Nugroho, assessed that the two-shift office system arrangement determined by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is too short and ineffective in reducing COVID-19 transmission in the work environment.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency (Disnakertransgi) recommends that each company divide the employee's work hours into two, from the first 07.00-16.00 WIB and the second 09.00-18.00 WIB

"The shift is too short and that causes the commuters to go to work at the same time as the shift distribution," Teguh said in a written statement, Monday, August 3.

Teguh said data from PT Kereta Comuter Indonesia stated that an increase in the number of passengers always occurred during peak hours, namely 06.00–08.00 WIB and 16.00-19.00 WIB.

Likewise, Dirlantas Polda Metro Jaya said that the number of congestion on city roads and toll roads also occurred at the same time.

Therefore, Teguh said that the Greater Jakarta Ombudsman would ask for information from the DKI Provincial Government regarding the evaluation of the distribution of working hours and their impact on traffic.

Teguh suggested that the DKI Provincial Government provide a longer work shift with a shorter number of working hours. For example, the first shift starts at 07.00-14.00 WIB and the second at 11.00-18.00 WIB.

"The shortage of working hours can be compensated for working days, up to 6 working days so that the number of working hours one week can be fulfilled," he said.

Some time ago, member of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Expert Team, Dewi Nur Aisyah, said that the COVID-19 cluster in the office space in DKI Jakarta has increased to 90 clusters. From this cluster, there are 459 employees who have confirmed cases of COVID-19.

"If we see, the figure has increased 10 times. During the early PSBB period, where almost all employees worked at home, there were only 43. But, it turns out that during the transition PSBB it increased by 416 to 459," said Dewi.

In detail, there are 20 clusters with 139 cases in a number of ministries, 10 clusters with 25 cases in agencies or institutions, 34 clusters with 141 cases in offices within the DKI Regional Government.

Furthermore, there is 1 cluster with 4 cases in police offices, 8 clusters with 35 cases in BUMN, and 14 clusters with 92 cases in private offices.