Jakarta (ANTARA) – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has asked state-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia to complete the distribution of wage subsidy assistance (BSU) to workers as soon as possible.
After reviewing BSU distribution at Rawamangun post office here on Wednesday, she said that the aid distribution through post offices is targeting 3.6 million workers across Indonesia.
According to her, so far, PT Pos Indonesia has distributed the assistance to 1.2 million workers.
“I ask (the distribution to be completed) as soon as possible,” she said.
The subsidy distribution through post offices is being carried out following the completion of BSU distribution by the Ministry of Manpower to workers who have accounts with state-owned banks (Himbara banks).
The 2022 BSU has been distributed to 10.3 million workers, Fauziyah said. The total number of workers targeted to receive the aid is 14.6 million.
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President director of PT Pos Indonesia, Faizal Rochmad Djoemadi, said that his side is striving to ensure that the BSU distribution is completed in a maximum of two weeks.
In distributing BSU, PT Pos Indonesia is seeking to help workers obtain the assistance by directly visiting post offices. It is also distributing the assistance collectively at companies or at places determined by companies.
In addition, PT Pos Indonesia’s officers are also delivering the aid to the homes of recipients who are sick and cannot go to post offices.
The government is providing wage subsidy assistance to help eligible workers maintain their purchasing power amid an increase in the prices of goods due to a rise in fuel prices.
Under the program, Rp600 thousand is being provided to targeted beneficiaries.
The targeted beneficiaries are workers who meet several requirements: they are Indonesian nationals, active participants in the Workers Social Security Agency’s (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan’s) program as of July 2022, earn a maximum of Rp3.5 million per month, and are not state civil apparatus (ASN) or members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) or National Police (Polri).
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