JAKARTA - Some time ago it went viral in various media a courier who died while on duty to deliver the package. Hearing this information, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan immediately dispatched a Rapid Response Service (LCT) team to ensure the victim's membership status.

Within a short time, it was discovered that the 42-year-old man was named Yuslan Susilo who is an employee of PT Mitra Andalan Service (MAS), who was assigned as a courier at SAP Express and has been an active participant in BPJS Ketenagakerjaan since August 2020.

As a form of responsibility and service to participants, the President Director of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Anggoro Eko Cahyo who came directly to the victim's residence to express his deep condolences and at the same time hand over the rights of the heirs in the form of the benefits of social security for employment worth a total of Rp422 million.

These benefits consist of compensation for death due to work accidents of 48 times the wages reported, benefits of pension insurance provided by lumpum, all Old Age Security balances belonging to participants and scholarships for 2 children from kindergarten to college.

Anggoro realized that no matter how much benefit he was given, he was unable to replace the deceased's presence in the midst of the family, but this was a form of the state being present through BPJS Ketenagakerjaan to protect workers.

"From the data we have, it is known that the victim died while at work, it is also included in the coverage of Work Accident Insurance protection. Therefore, we moved quickly to pay the benefits to the heirs so that they can continue their lives properly after being left behind by their backs," said Anggoro, in his statement, Wednesday, February 22.

Esti Juniarti, the wife of the deceased, expressed her gratitude and gratitude for the attention given by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and the company to her and her family.

"I thank you very much for being given support for my son's future and hopefully the dream of the deceased for the children until college can be achieved. Hopefully the late Husnul Khotimah and calm down," said Esti.

On this occasion, the Operational Director of PT. Mainstay Service partner Ana Rosalina, Human Capital & Corporate Planning General Manager of PT. Satria Antaran Prima Tbk Edwin Tito, and Corporate Secretary General Manager of PT Satria Antaran Prima Tbk Denny Parhan were also present.

Anggoro appreciated the commitment of PT Mitra Andalan Service, which has registered its workforce as a participant in BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. He stressed that this should be followed by other goods delivery companies so that all workers in Indonesia can work without worry, because the risk of their work has been transferred to BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

Meanwhile, Denny Parhan representing the management of SAP Express ensured that all employees had been registered as BPJS Ketenagakerjaan participants because his party was very concerned about the risks that might occur at any time.

BPJS Ketenagakerjaan continues to boost the number of participations which are targeted to reach 70 million active workers by 2026. According to data, until December 2022, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan has 38 million active workers and has paid 3.6 million claims with a total nominal value of IDR 48.2 billion.

"All professions must have risks that can occur anytime and anywhere, especially for those who work with very high mobility like the late Mr. Yuslan Susilo. The protection of employment social security is of course needed to provide a sense of security and calm for workers and families. So I hope and appeal to all workers, both formal and informal workers, because BPJS Employment not only covers office employees but also informal workers such as farmers, fishermen, traders, MSMEs will all be protected, this is in line with our campaign, namely Cemas Free Hard Work," concluded Anggoro.

On a separate occasion, the Head of the BPJAMSOSTEK Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Husaini Branch Office also expressed his deep condolences to the family of the late Yuslan Susilo.

According to him, the provision of compensation for the benefits of the Work Accident Insurance (JKK) program should be used as a concern for all employers/business entities to register all their workers/employees as BPJS Ketenagakerjaan participants.

"By registering all employees into the BPJS Employment program by the company, the company no longer needs to worry about funds or replace the costs of employees who have worked accidents such as the case experienced by the late Yuslan Susilo, because BPJAMSOSTEK is obliged to pay compensation for the benefits of the JKK program which is its right," said Husaini.


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