93 Companies In Banten Haven't Payed THR For Eid Al-Fitr To This Day, Manpower And Transmigration Office Takes Mediation Efforts

Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office of Banten Province, Septo Kalnadi. (AMONG)

BANTEN - A total of 93 companies in Banten were reported by workers/laborers because until April 25, 2022, they had not paid the Eid al-Fitr holiday allowance (THR) in accordance with the provisions.

Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) Banten Province, Septo Kalnadi, said his party would immediately follow up on the complaint. This includes mediating between the reporting party and the company.

"We first mediated three times. If the mediation did not work, then proceed to the next step, resolved through tripartite to the imposition of sanctions in the form of fines to revocation of operational licenses if the company is proven wrong," said Septo Kalnadi in Serang, Antara, Tuesday, April 26. .

Septo will deploy a team of labor inspectors to carry out audits and follow-up to resolve the THR complaint.

"Of course, field verification or audit will be carried out to confirm whether or not the company's financial incompetence or other reasons are true," said Septo.

To this day, of the 93 companies that have complained about THR, most of them are from the Tangerang area, namely Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency and South Tangerang City.

The reason the company was reported to the THR complaint post at the Banten Manpower and Transmigration Office was because it had not paid THR to its employees on the grounds of the company's financial incompetence.

"The average financial incompetence of the company. There are also other reasons such as less than one year of service and other reasons," said Septo

His party will open the THR complaint post and follow up until around 9 May 2022

"Starting today, we will immediately follow up, until after Lebaran," said Septo.

He hoped that the company would comply with government regulations to provide THR rights for its employees, adjusted to the company's financial conditions and capabilities.

"If it turns out that the results of the financial audit and follow-up in the field, it turns out that the company is a trick. Of course we will give sanctions up to the revocation of operational licenses," he said.