Polda Metro Calls Employees Still Working In The Office For Fear Of Being Fired
JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya stated that the reason why employees of non-essential and non-critical companies continue to work in the office or "work from office" (WFO) during an emergency PPKM is because they are afraid of being fired by company management.
The Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus said one of the reasons for forcing himself to go to the office was because he was afraid of being fired by the company.
"Some say that he will be fired if he does not come to work. Even though it has been determined that non-essential work sectors are not allowed (WFO)," Yusri said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, July 6.
The work sector which is considered essential and critical is regulated in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 15 of 2021 concerning the Enforcement of Restrictions on Emergency Community Activities for Covid-19 in the Java and Bali Regions.
In the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs there is a rule that office employees for non-essential sectors are required to work from home. Meanwhile, the essential sector is asked for a maximum of 50 percent of workers in the office by implementing strict health protocols.
In fact, said Yusri, on the first working day during Emergency PPKM, Monday, there were still many workers in non-essential sectors forcing themselves to come to work, causing traffic jams.
Yusri said that officers in the field had also received complaints from road users, which were considered the cause of traffic jams because they were carrying out the task of doing insulation.
The community seemed not to want to understand that the presence of local government officers, police, and TNI at that time was only carrying out their duties to remind people to stay at home while the Emergency PPKM was implemented.
"This is not to trouble the community, not to make Jakarta empty, no. We remind the public, you just stay at home. If the non-essential already understands that there is no need to work in the field, he just works from home, we will be calm , said Yusri.
Yusri stated that the Metro Jaya Regional Police from Tuesday will form a patrol team to check on non-essential company offices which are still open.
He assessed that the existence of the company that remained stubborn needed to be dealt with firmly, because on the one hand it had violated the laws and regulations, namely Law Number 4 of 1984 concerning Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases.
In Article 14 of Law 4/1984 it is stated that anyone who hinders the implementation of epidemic control is threatened with imprisonment for a maximum of one year and/or a maximum fine of Rp. 1,000,000.
However, Yusri considers that on the other hand in Operation Yustisi, it prioritizes action from the Regional Government through the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP).
He said that in Operation Yustisi, Satpol PP has the right to seal or impose the highest sanction, namely revoking the company's permit.
Meanwhile, the Law Enforcement Task Force will act by using the laws and regulations.
"This may be on the one hand, we have also conveyed to the three pillars below. Either RT, Babinsa, or Bhabinkamtibmas, to remind citizens to obey and obey government policies. The most important thing (obedience) is not to go out, just stay at home, " concluded Yusri.