JHT Can Only Be Disbursed When Participants Are 56 Years Old, PKS Legislator Kurniasih Mufidayati: Not Sensitive To Community Conditions

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission IX DPR Kurniasih Mufidayati also responded to the issuance of the Minister of Manpower Regulation Number 2/2022 concerning Procedures and Requirements for Payment of Old Age Security Benefits. The legislator from the PKS faction reminded that the disbursement of old age insurance (JHT) is needed for workers, who are victims of layoffs, especially in the midst of the current pandemic.

"That is, workers who disburse JHT because they really need it because they are laid off and leave the company because of the impact of the pandemic. They use JHT funds to survive while trying to find new jobs. If the current JHT rules can only be found at retirement age, a safety net for those who There have been no layoffs," said Mufida, quoted by Antara, Sunday, February 13.

According to Mufida, this regulation is not sensitive to the current condition of society. After the worker has been laid off with increasingly difficult job opportunities, as well as the policy of employers who prefer to make their workers as contract employees (PKWTT), the JHT fund is the greatest hope of the workers as a fund even to make a living and venture capital.

He stated that the latest regulation regulates the search for JHT 100 percent can only be done at the retirement age of 56 years. JHT search before the age of 56 can be done with some terms and conditions.

According to Mufida, as funds taken from workers, in essence the JHT fund program is the rights of workers.

"If the right to use is restricted to the age of 56, then this regulation will burden workers who need a social safety net at a difficult time like today," added Mufida.

According to BPJS Employment data, as of August 2021, there were 1.49 million cases of JHT claims, dominated by layoffs and resignations, with participants under 30 years old or of productive age.

On the other hand, according to the legislator from the PKS faction, there is already a pension guarantee for wage-earning workers whose benefits can be felt at retirement age, which is the reason the government changed the rules for disbursing JHT.

"It is common knowledge that severance pay from employers is very difficult and it takes a long time for workers to get it. Therefore, JHT is the biggest hope because it is immediately disbursed after one month of waiting period," he said.

He revealed that participant funds essentially remain the property of workers so that various policies governing the process of using BPJS Employment participant funds must side with workers as the main fund owners.