West Sumatra Manpower And Transmigration Office Calls Companies Not Pay Employee Salaries

Head of Industrial Relations and Manpower Supervision of the West Sumatra Provincial Manpower Office Muhammad Ridwan Afif in Padang. Between

PADANG - The Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) of West Sumatra Province (West Sumatra) immediately summoned PT Bumi Sarimas Indonesia to follow up on complaints from employees of companies related to unpaid salaries over the past two months.

"After complaints from employees, we will immediately prepare steps to address them," said Head of Industrial Relations and Manpower Supervision of the West Sumatra Province Manpower and Transmigration Office Muhammad Ridwan Afif in Padang, Saturday.

After receiving complaints from employees, his party also needs to obtain complete information or information from the employer regarding the cause of employee salaries that have not been paid since April 2025.

"We will first summon the company and then have a dialogue to resolve this problem," he said.

If later the company does not want to go to the Manpower and Transmigration Office, he said, his party will go directly to the company to get clarity on the causes of employee rights arrears.

"What is certain is that we will immediately follow up, so that the rights of these employees can be fulfilled or paid by the company," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Indonesian Workers Union (SPI) of PT Bumi Sarimas Indonesia, Nanda Putra, said that he had submitted a complaint regarding employee salary arrears to the West Sumatra Manpower and Transmigration Office.

Nanda said there were 750 employees at PT Bumi Sarimas Indonesia who have yet to receive their salaries over the past two months. This condition also has an impact on meeting household needs, such as electricity payments and so on.

In fact, he continued, on May 28, 2025, the company had promised to pay the two-month salary, but so far it has not been paid. Therefore, he hopes that the complaint to the West Sumatra Manpower and Transmigration Office can be a solution to this problem.

"Our children and wives need food and it must be fulfilled. Sometimes we are very sad when the child asks for pocket money when going to school," he said.