The COVID-19 Pandemic Makes 4.91 Million Workers Quit BP Jamsostek

JAKARTA - BPJS Ketenagakerjaan or currently known as BP Jamsostek, revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a trend of workers leaving BP Jamsostek. During the period from January to July, 4.91 million participants left.

BP Jamsostek President Director Agus Susanto said, the number of participants who left the membership had increased by 8.48 percent compared to the same period last year, namely 4.53 million participants.

Furthermore, said Agus, based on BP Jamsostek data the most participants left in May, namely 696,056 workers. This number jumped to 24.76 percent compared to last May 2019, namely 557,911 employees.

"If we look at the position this July, of the total workforce of 131 million, 92.4 million of the potential to become workers or eligible to become BP Jamsostek workers and now 49.7 million registered workers or 53 percent of the total population," he said. , in a meeting with Commission IX DPR and the Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah, Wednesday, August 26.

BP Jamsostek noted that the disbursement of claims for the Old Age Security (JHT) program reached IDR 18.1 trillion from 1.4 million claims filed from January to July. That number is up about 26 percent compared to the position per June, namely Rp. 14.35 trillion.

"Then those who take care of claims at BP Jamsostek as many as 1.4 million workers and we have paid Rp. 18.1 trillion to 1.4 million workers who handle claims," he said.

Agus explained that based on the reason for the claim disbursement, the majority of the workers or 78 percent admitted to resigning. Then, as many as 20 percent are victims of layoffs (PHK), while the remaining 2 percent are retired employees

"If we look at the age profile, it turns out that there are 46 percent of those who do or take JHT claims between the ages of 20 and 30 years old," he said.

Then, continued Agus, the age of 30 to 40 years is 29 percent and 40 to 50 years is 15 percent. Then, the age of 50 to 57 years is 7 percent, 57 years 2 percent, while the remaining 1 percent of employees are 15 to 20 years old.