Jakarta (ANTARA) - Professor of Labour Law at the University of\nKrisnadwipayana, Payaman Simanjuntak, assesses that the scheme for\nsharing the burden between the government and companies in providing\ninternship allowances to participants could potentially reduce business\nparticipation.<\/p>\n
According to him, the interest of companies, especially medium and\nlarge-scale ones, has already been limited even when the government\nfully covered the internship allowances in the initial stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the government now encourages companies to contribute 20-30\npercent to the internship allowances, that is reasonable. However, the\nintention needs to be clear: is it as an addition for the internship\nparticipants or to reduce the government\u2019s burden?\u201d Payaman told ANTARA\nin Jakarta on Wednesday (29\/4).<\/p>\n
As is known, for the first stage of the National Internship\nProgramme, the internship allowance for participants, valued at the\nequivalent of the district\/city minimum wage (UMK) or provincial minimum\nwage (UMP), is fully covered through the state budget (APBN).<\/p>\n
Payaman explained that in the first stage of the programme, companies\nwere only asked to provide transport and meal reimbursements. Therefore,\nhe believes the government needs to clarify the objectives of the new\npolicy on burden-sharing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the previous internship programme only required companies to\nprovide transport and meal reimbursements for participants,\u201d he\nclarified.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ask them (companies) to share (the burden of the allowance). Yes,\n20-30 percent borne by the corporations,\u201d said Airlangga when met on the\nsidelines of the Jakarta Globe Insight event in Jakarta on Tuesday\n(29\/4).<\/p>\n
He explained that in the first stage, the government had covered 100\npercent of the internship allowances, so for the next stage, a\nburden-sharing scheme needs to be encouraged.<\/p>\n
\u201cBurden-sharing must be promoted. Previously, it was 100 percent paid\nby the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Minister of Manpower Yassierli has closed the\nimplementation of the 2025 National Internship Programme Phase I, which\nran from 20 October 2025 to 19 April 2026.<\/p>\n
From the selection process, 16,112 participants passed, consisting of\n14,952 in phase 1A and 1,160 in phase 1B. However, the number of active\nparticipants decreased to 11,949, namely 11,110 in 1A and 839 in 1B.<\/p>\n
Participants who complete the six-month programme will receive an\ninternship certificate, while those who participate for more than three\nmonths but less than six months will receive a certificate of\nparticipation.<\/p>\n
Yassierli stated that the government is currently reviewing proposals\nfor contributions to internship allowances between the government and\npartner companies, in line with the intensity of mentoring provided by\ncompanies to participants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are reviewing ways to involve companies more actively, so there\nare already proposals that the allowance should include shared\ncontributions from the companies, although not dominantly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The second phase of the National Internship Programme is planned to\nopen for around 150,000 participants.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/internship-allowance-sharing-scheme-could-reduce-company-participation-1777504833", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }