Accept Ojol Driver's Suggestions To Get Employment BPJS, Manpower Office Prioritize Driver Status As A Worker Not Partner

Illustration of an online motorcycle taxi or ojol driver. (Between-Fauzan)

LAMPUNG - The Lampung Province Manpower Office (Disnaker) admits that it accommodates input from online motorcycle taxi drivers or ojol so that as partners, service providers can receive the benefits of BPJS Employment.

Head of the Lampung Provincial Manpower Office, Agus Nompitu, said that the input would be a follow-up proposal for policies in the labor sector. But at this time the most important thing, he said, was the status of an ojol driver.

"Currently, what must be considered is the employment status of online motorcycle taxi drivers. Because their work status is that their partner is an applicator, not a worker," Agus said in Bandar Lampung, quoted from Antara, Thursday, September 8.

Agus ensured that the input related to the protection of the ojol driver he had received would be a policy proposal, especially at the Bandar Lampung Regional Government level.

"Therefore, we want to protect, one of which is by clarifying their status because there are no regulations that regulate partnerships and this is input for future policy making," he said.

According to him, the concrete step currently being taken is the central government's desire to revise the Manpower Law No. 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower because in the regulation, there are no rules regarding employment in the form of partners.

"If these partners get income from passengers, not from companies. So by revising through the Job Creation Act, it is hoped that these online motorcycle taxi drivers can be better protected as workers with clear legal umbrellas," he said.

Previously, the General Chairperson of the Gaspool Organization or the Lampung online motorcycle taxi association, Miftahul Huda, expressed his opinion so that online motorcycle taxi drivers would get the same rights as workers.

He said online transportation is currently one of the means of transportation that supports the community, so that protection for ojol drivers with partner status must also be provided.

"Currently, many are dependent on online transportation, such as in Bandar Lampung, which is rarely public transportation. Therefore, with the many risks the driver gets, the right to protection for drivers who are also workers must be considered," said Agus.

Menurut dia, selama ini pihaknya masih sering kesulitan dalam mendapatkan akses perlindungan pekerja tersebut.