“We, the Bali administration, consistently urge, compel, and even give reward to companies that partake in the Employment Social Security program well," Regional Secretary of Bali Province Dewa Made Indra said in Denpasar on Thursday.
He delivered the statement at the 2022 Paritrana Award, which was initiated by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs and BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.
Employees participating in the program are protected so they do not need to pay large amounts of money for treatment or recovery after accidents at work, he said.
"The companies also do not have to pay a big amount to cover employees' treatment," Indra added.
He cited a report from Siloam Hospital and Kasih Ibu Hospital, revealing that the treatment cost of an employee who got in an accident at work reached more than Rp1 billion (US$66,143). The program covered all those costs.
In another instance, an inheritor, whose husband got into a work accident that eventually claimed his life, could scarcely believe that she received Rp4.3 billion (US$284 thousand) from BPJS in compensation. The late husband was listed as a program participant.
“The Bali Manpower Office and its districts and cities (counterparts) consistently compel companies," he reiterated.
Indra disclosed that his administration is also evaluating and monitoring the progress of the program and warning companies found not taking part in the program.
However, they are still taking the companies’ economic condition into account, he said.
Deputy Director of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan's Bali, Nusa Tenggara, and Papua Representative Office Kuncoro Budi Winarno said that awards were given in five categories at the 2022 Paritrana Award: provincial government; district or city government; large companies; medium companies; and micro, small, medium enterprises.
The scoring criteria for large companies were different from the ones used for small companies, he added.
Large companies were rated on seven criteria, whereas the scores of small companies were based on four criteria, Kuncoro informed.
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