Banten Manpower Office Strengthens Social Security Protection for Workers

The Banten Provincial Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) is working to provide optimal protection for workers through the development of the social security programme. The initiative, conducted by the Industrial Relations Division, targets employers and wage earners to ensure comprehensive coverage. The activity, held at the Disnakertrans Banten hall on Wednesday, involved representatives from district and city industrial relations divisions across the province, as well as company and worker representatives from various regions. “Our goal is to realise optimal protection for the workforce in Banten,” said Septo Kalnandi, Head of the Banten Manpower and Transmigration Office, in a statement on Thursday. Septo expressed hope that the activity would strengthen synergy between the government, employers, and workers to improve compliance with the social security programme. “We hope that workers will be more productive with optimal protection and social security,” he said, adding that optimal worker protection is an essential part of creating harmonious, productive, and fair industrial relations for the welfare of workers in Banten Province. “Together, we will realise better worker protection for an advanced, fair, equitable, and corruption-free Banten,” he stated. Meanwhile, Muhyidin, Head of the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Regional Office for Banten, explained that the protection facilities provided to vulnerable worker groups in Serang Regency include two basic programmes: Death Benefit (JKM) and Work Accident Benefit (JKK), with an active protection period of one year. Muhyidin emphasised that this initiative and best practice implemented by the Serang Regency Government is projected to become a national pilot project. BPJS Ketenagakerjaan plans to replicate this regional budget collaboration scheme for implementation by all local governments across Indonesia. “Serang Regency is the first region to implement this collaborative scheme. We will replicate this model nationally so that all local governments can provide similar protection for vulnerable workers in their respective villages,” he explained. He also urged the public and local governments not to worry about the fulfilment of claim rights, assuring that the financial resilience and claim reserves of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan are in a very safe and stable condition to support the programme’s sustainability. Based on data from the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Banten Regional Office, the potential formal workforce in Banten Province is 2,866,158 people. Of this number, 1,724,921 workers are currently protected by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, representing a realisation rate of 60.18 per cent.