“We will evaluate the role of P2K3 in companies to help to enforce health protocols at the workplace in order to encourage all workers to comply with health protocols wherever they are,” Directorate General of Manpower Supervision and Occupational Safety and Health of the Ministry of Manpower, Haiyani Rumondang, noted in a written statement received here, Tuesday.
According to Rumondang, the Manpower Ministry has issued a Circular Letter of the Minister of Manpower Number 9 of 2021 on optimizing the implementation of health protocols at the workplace and providing health equipment and facilities to workers or laborers by companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rumondang noted that the circular serves to appeal to regional heads to take strategic actions in handling COVID-19, especially at workplaces.
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The fifth point of the circular emphasized the optimization of P2K3 in companies in formulating and implementing strategic steps as a precautionary measure against an emergency, Rumondang stated.
“Companies not having a P2K3 can form an internal COVID-19 task force that will be tasked with coordinating with the local government’s task force,” she affirmed.
Rumondang explained that the Occupational Safety and Health Committee (P2K3) is an independent institution in the workplace that provides cooperation between employers or administrators and workers or laborers to develop mutual understanding and effective participation in the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health.
Earlier, the Ministry of Manpower had held a virtual meeting for the P2K3 nationwide, with attendees comprising heads of the provincial manpower offices, P2K3, and labor inspectors. The forum was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of P2K3's role in handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the business or industrial world.
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Translator: Asep Firmansyah, Raka Adji
Editor: Suharto
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