DKI Provincial Government Revealed Three Violations Of PT Equity Life's Emergency PPKM

DKI Governor Anies Baswedan during an inspection at Equity Life (DOK Public Relations DKI Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency, Andri Yansyah, explained the reason for giving sanctions to the company PT Equity Life Indonesia after being investigated by DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

Andri explained that there were three violations found during the inspection yesterday, namely the company did not report workers exposed to COVID-19 to the DKI Provincial Government, did not apply health protocols related to maintaining social distance between workers. Third, it was found that there were workers who were 8 months pregnant and still working as usual.

Therefore, PT Equity Life is subject to a temporary closure for 3 days with a special note that it must be corrected when it reopens.

"We immediately sealed the company concerned (PT Equity Life), and we gave special notes to be used as evaluations, so that they can be considered and can be improved," Andri told reporters, Wednesday, July 7.

If after 3 days there are still violations, a maximum administrative fine of 50 million rupiah will be applied. If after that there are still violations, he continued, Equity Life is threatened with having its business license revoked.

Andri also regrets that violations against pregnant women should not have occurred. Equity Life claims that the pregnant worker came to the office just because she wanted to take care of her leave. However, pregnant workers should not have to come to the office.

"If you are taking leave, the doctor should have taken care of it from the start, the doctor diagnosed the mother as pregnant, not now. Because according to regulations, pregnant women must fully WFH. We give serious attention to this because it involves two lives, pregnant women and their babies," he explained.

Andri explained that there are rules regarding the criteria for employees who are allowed to work in the office. Even though the company is an essential and critical sector, the company's leadership should not ask vulnerable groups to work in the office.

"For example, company A, including critical, has 100 employees, but there is a further provision that those who are allowed to enter are those who are truly healthy. For pregnant women, comorbidities, the elderly cannot (WFO). When critical and essential sectors employ people like it means a violation. We will immediately close it, "he concluded.