Jamsostek increases workers' compensation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has issued a new regulation
\nstipulating that state-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek
\nincrease its occupational accident and death compensation for
\nworkers.<\/p>\n
Junaidi, newly-appointed president of PT Jamsostek, said the
\nnew ruling, No. 83\/2000, which was issued on Sept. 25 to replace
\na 1998 regulation, would improve social security benefits and
\nprotection for workers.<\/p>\n
The maximum medical compensation due to a work related
\naccident would be increased from Rp 4 million to Rp 6.4 million.<\/p>\n
While a worker is recuperating from an accident, he or she is
\nentitled to receive full wages for the first four months, 70
\npercent of wages for the second four-month period and 50 percent
\nafterwards.<\/p>\n
Compensation for a worker permanently handicapped due to an
\naccident would rise from 70 percent of 60 months wages, to 70
\npercent of 70 months wages.<\/p>\n
A disabled worker would also be entitled to receive a monthly
\nstipend of Rp 50,000 for the next two years, an increase of Rp
\n25,000 from the previous amount.<\/p>\n
In the event of death due to a work related accident, the next
\nof kin would receive a total of 60 percent of 70 months wages, up
\nfrom the 60 percent of 60 months wages.<\/p>\n
\"The significant increase in accident and death compensation
\nwill be helpful for workers and their families,\" Junaidi told
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
Junaidi said the regulation also covers compensation for
\ndeaths not related to the work place.<\/p>\n
\"According to the new regulation, Jamsostek will provide Rp 3
\nmillion and a burial fee of Rp. 600,000,\" he explained.<\/p>\n
Junaidi urged workers to coordinate with their employers to
\nensure they gain the full extent of benefits.<\/p>\n
\"Many workers who were hospitalized due occupational accidents
\ndo not gain compensation from the company due to a lack of
\ncoordination with their employers,\" he said, while reminding that
\nthe regulation was effective only for workers participating in
\nthe social security program (jamsostek).<\/p>\n
The company claims that this year it is has already paid out
\nRp 71.6 billion in compensation for 67,328 occupational accidents
\nand Rp 23.9 billion in compensation for the families of 9,968
\ndeceased workers.<\/p>\n
The company has collected a total of around Rp 11 trillion
\nfrom more than 15 million workers participating in jamostek.<\/p>\n
Junaidi said management has set up a team to tackle the
\ncompany's uncollectable receivables and corruption cases, which
\nhas caused more than Rp 600 billion in material losses to the
\ncompany.<\/p>\n
\"The small team has been given six months to tackle the
\nuncollectable receivables and financial leaks in the company,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He conceded that the company had receivables worth hundreds of
\nbillions of rupiahs in a number of companies, including in the
\ndefunct PT Bank Pacific, PT Ramako, operating MacDonalds in
\nIndonesia, and Bank Tabungan Negara, but they could not be
\ncollected for financial reasons.<\/p>\n
He said the team was given authority to seek solutions to the
\nuncollectable receivables through the courts.(rms)<\/p>",
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