Having phased out the hiring of temporary workers across its agencies, the South Sumatra administration is preparing to implement an outsourcing system as stipulated under a 2005 government regulation on the appointment of temporary employees to become full-fledged civil servants.<\/p>\n
Under the regulation, all provincial administration agencies will subcontract the service to third parties or outsourcing companies.<\/p>\n
South Sumatra Civil Service Agency head Muzakir said recently the entire roster of temporary employees working in the agencies, and who were not included in the provincial administration database, would no longer be the responsibility of the administration.<\/p>\n
This, he said, was because there would no longer be temporary employees at administrative agencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir performance will also be evaluated periodically, and the contracts of those who are
\ndeemed lazy will be terminated,\u201d Muzakir said.<\/p>\n
In the employment system, he added, new temporary employees would no longer be hired
\nunless there was a shortage of workers provided by the outsourcing company.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn agreement will be made later to ensure that workers provided by the outsourcing company come from available pool of temporary workers,\u201d Muzakir said.<\/p>\n
The temporary employees currently employed at the various agencies will be prioritized to stay there, based on the agreement and commitments made, he added.<\/p>\n
Third parties are not allowed to employ workers other than the temporary employees currently working for the agencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the demand exceeds the supply of temporary employees, the outsourcing company can employ others,\u201d Muzakir said, adding the services of temporary teachers and medical workers were still needed.<\/p>\n
In response, Amran, a temporary worker at an undisclosed agency, expressed concern at the new policy\u2019s implementation that would not allow temporary employees the opportunity to become full-fledged civil servants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new system is regrettable because it will dash our hopes of being appointed civil servants, not
\nto mention the bribery that will ensue in the enrollment process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur period of service will be rendered meaningless, just like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another temporary employee, Irma, also declining to name the agency she worked for, said the policy would only raise the unemployment rate and dash the hopes of people like her who hoped to become civil servants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe unemployment rate will definitely be higher if the outsourcing system is implemented,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere hope do we have left if the chance that has been dangling right before our eyes is taken away?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Palembang municipal administration will no longer hire temporary employees this year. Counter to the provincial administration\u2019s outsourcing system, the municipality has opted to stick with the working contract system that it has used for the past three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve used the contract system for a while now, so we won\u2019t go with the outsourcing system because it\u2019d be troublesome to use the services of third parties,\u201d said a municipal official.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the contract system, the performance of an employee is evaluated annually.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that under the contract system, temporary employees at the municipality were not immediately appointed civil servants, but rather had to go through a series of official procedures, such as entrance tests.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/s-sumatra-to-adopt-outsourcing-system-for-new-bureaucrats-1263788136", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }