Luhut Asks Officials To Give Sanctions To Non-essential Entrepreneurs Who Force Employees To Enter The Office

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, as well as the Coordinator of the Java-Bali Emergency PPKM Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, asked the authorities to take action against non-essential companies that forced their employees to work in offices during the implementation of the emergency PPKM.

As is known, in the Emergency PPKM rules, in the non-essential sector 100 percent of employees are required to work from home or work from home. Meanwhile, critical and essential sectors are still allowed to work from the office.

Not only that, but Luhut also asked the authorities to periodically check all companies. The check aims to ensure that the company complies with the regulations that apply during the Emergency PPKM period.

"Head of Metro Police and Pangdam Jaya to check whether non-essential operations are still operating and do not hesitate to impose sanctions on companies," he said in a virtual press conference, Monday, July 5.

In addition, Luhut also asked employees who are still forced to work from the office to report to the local government through the manpower office (disnaker). Specifically for DKI Jakarta, reports can also be submitted through the JAKI application.

Furthermore, Luhut explained that efforts to stem the mobility of citizens through work from home regulations in Jakarta will also have an impact in the Bodetabek area. This is because some of the workers in Jakarta are Bodetabek residents.

"This will certainly reduce the mobility of residents in Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi, who mostly work in Jakarta. We saw that the trains were still full," he said.

Luhut also claimed to have coordinated with the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to discuss the condition. In addition, he will also coordinate with the Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah.

According to Luhut, he has asked the Manpower Minister to issue a warrant so that non-essential companies do not lay off employees who have to work from home.

"Earlier, I called the Minister of Manpower and also told companies not to fire their employees in this context. So, our language is the same," he said.