Ministry Of Manpower Socializes Wage Subsidy Assistance In PPKM Levels 3 And 4

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) socializes the provision for 2021 wage subsidy assistance (BSU) to local government officials at levels 3 and 4 of the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM). "The BSU program is not a new program because the program was implemented in the previous year. It's just that for BSU this year there is a slight difference," said the Directorate General of Industrial Relations and Workers' Social Security, Indah Anggoro Putri through a written statement received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Saturday, July 24. According to Indah, a virtual activity involving the head of the manpower office at PPKM areas level 3 and 4 on Friday, July 23 were carried out in order to make the BSU program a success in 2021. "The difference is related to the current situation, namely emergency PPKM and also mainly based on input from a number of parties on the implementation of last year's BSU so that we this year runs more orderly, more accountable, and more efficient right on target for BSU recipients," he said.

Indah asked the heads of the Manpower Office to collaborate and be enthusiastic about implementing this year's BSU. For him, this support and collaboration is very important for the smooth implementation of BSU. "The role of Mr. Kadisnaker is to ensure that affected workers in sectors such as transportation, hotels, restaurants, retail are properly covered in BSU," he said. According to him, the Minister Manpower is very concerned about the BSU program in order to prevent layoffs and can increase the economic resilience of workers, so that chronic poverty does not increase. "We make sure together that BSU as one of the stimulus instruments must be really focused, right on target and right on benefits so that it can prevent layoffs, and can increase the economic resilience of workers so that the chronic poverty rate does not increase," he said.