Rejects JHT Regulations For Workers To Come To Banten Manpower Offices

Workers visit the Banten Manpower and Transmigration Office/Photo: Antara

SERANG - A number of workers from the DPD KSPSI AGN board of Banten Province met the Head of the Banten Province Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) Al Hamidi for an audience to convey their aspirations for the rejection of Permenaker No. 2 of 2022 regarding the new rules for Old Age Security (JHT). protection through the minimum wage for workers over 1 year. Then, the aspiration of rejection of Permenaker No. 2/2022 concerning Procedures and Requirements for Payment of JHT Benefits," said Afif Johan, a representative of the DPD KSPSI AGN Banten board, in Serang, Friday. Afif said that the response from the Provincial Manpower Office in the hearing would be to convey aspirations regarding the proposal on the KSPSI-AGN minimum wage to the Governor of Banten. Then the Manpower Office will also convey the aspiration to reject the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 2 of 2022 to the Ministry of Manpower. While the Chairman of the DPD KSPSI-AGN Banten H. Soehodo Kismosardjono said the reason for the hearing with the Banten Provincial Government in relation to the Permenaker related to JHT, his party criticized the birth of the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 2 of 2022 concerning Procedures and Terms of Payment of Old Age Security Benefits (JHT).

"We call the Minister of Manpower EVIL. Why do we call it EVIL because the Government is not aware of the conditions of the people, especially workers during a pandemic like this and there is no urgency to issue the Minister of Manpower, which is increasingly suffocating the workers," said Soehodo. very detrimental to workers, many workers' welfare is reduced in quality. Among them, PKWT is increasingly rampant, severance pay is reduced, layoffs are easier to add to the current conditions where there are many layoffs due to COVID. ," said Soehodo. Asda 1 Banten Provincial Government Septo Kalnadi said his party accepted and accommodated the aspirations of the workers to be further conveyed to their leaders. Even the Department of Manpower and Transmigration has a better understanding of labor issues. "Yesterday I only briefly welcomed the aspirations of the workers. Now, it is the Head of Manpower Office who is also present at the hearing," said Septo.