JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah ensured that more than 8.4 million workers had received wage subsidy assistance from the government.
"Sekarang sudah tahap V, kita sudah menyalurkan kepada 8,432,533 orang atau setara dengan 57,60 persen (dari sasaran)," kata Menteri Ida di lingkungan Istana Kepresidentan Jakarta, Selasa 11 Oktober.
He said that the distribution of wage subsidy assistance (BSU) in 2022 to approximately 6.2 million other workers was still ongoing.
The Ministry of Manpower checks data on the rest of workers who have not received wage subsidy assistance to find out if they already have an account in banks that are members of the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara).
In order to accelerate the distribution of aid to workers who do not have bank accounts or have difficulty accessing banking services, the Ministry of Manpower cooperates with PT Pos Indonesia (Persero).
"We will work with PT Pos so that the distribution is faster, because if we start again by opening an account at the Himbara bank, it will take a long time," Ida said as quoted by Antara.
"With us working with PT Pos, it makes it easier for them without having to open a Himbara bank account," he added.
The Minister of Manpower did not mention the target of completing the distribution of BSU for 6.2 million workers who had not received assistance.
However, he believes that cooperation with PT Pos Indonesia will accelerate the distribution of aid.
The government provides BSU to workers who meet the requirements to maintain workers' purchasing power during the rising price period due to rising fuel prices.
The wage subsidy assistance of IDR 600,000 is given to workers with a maximum salary of IDR 3.5 million per month or equivalent to the provincial minimum wage and/or district/city rounded up to a full hundreds of thousands.
The assistance is only given to Indonesian citizen workers other than civil servants and/or members of the TNI and Polri who are registered as active participants of the Employment social security program run by the Employment Social Security Administering Agency (BPJS) until at least July 2022.
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