JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah noted that the amount of salary/wage subsidies (BSU) had been distributed to 4.6 million workers as of September 16. Ida detailed that assistance to 2,301,976 workers was transferred to personal accounts and 2,309,840 workers through collective accounts at the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara).
Ida said specifically for Banten itself the number of BSU recipients was 214,308 workers or laborers and more specifically for South Tangerang the number of recipients was 34,687 workers or laborers.
"We hope for Himbara Banks that the BSU distribution process can be completed by the end of October, therefore to speed up the distribution, Himbara Bank is currently picking up the ball regarding the activation of account openings," he said in a written statement, quoted Friday, September 17.
For your information, the Ministry of Manpower targets the BPJS Employment BLT or wage subsidy assistance to be fully liquidated in October 2021. The submission of data on prospective workers receiving BLT from BP Jamsostek to the Ministry of Manpower has reached 5.5 million out of a total of 8.7 million workers.
The criteria for BSU recipients in 2021 are based on the Regulation of the Minister of Manpower Number 16 of 2021, namely Indonesian citizens (WNI), have wages below Rp. 3.5 million, and are in the area of Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) Levels 3 and 4.
Meanwhile, the Director of Institutional Relations and BUMN representing the Managing Director of BRI, Agus Noorsanto admitted that he was proud to be able to participate in the success of the national economic recovery program (PEN), one of which was the wage subsidy assistance program.
"The synergy of cooperation between BRI and the Ministry of Manpower regarding the distribution of BSU is the second year starting in 2020 and 2021, where until today the total distribution of funds that has been distributed by BRI is around 1.3 million BSU recipients," said Agus.
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