House Commission IX Pushes for Informal Workers and Ride-Hail Drivers to Access Workers' Social Security
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - House Commission IX of the Republic of Indonesia’s House of Representatives, together with the Supervisory Board and Board of Directors of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, have agreed to strengthen social security protection for workers in the informal sector, vulnerable workers, and MSME actors.
“Increasing the coverage of social security participation, particularly for workers in the informal sector, vulnerable workers, and MSME actors,” explained Deputy Chair of House Commission IX Charles Honoris during a meeting at the House of Representatives on Tuesday (7/4/2026).
Informal workers include examples such as street vendors, employees of small grocery stalls, and farm labourers. Online motorcycle taxis or ojol are often classified as informal employment.
In addition to expanding participation, Commission IX also highlighted the importance of improving the quality of participant data and services through accelerated digitalisation.
“Carrying out improvements to the quality of participation data and enhancing the quality of services to participants through the acceleration of digital service provision, system integration, and simplification of claim service processes to increase ease, speed, and transparency of services,” he continued.
Commission IX also emphasised the importance of strengthening information technology system security.
Not only that, public education is considered an important factor in increasing public literacy regarding the benefits of the workers’ social security programme.
In anticipation of economic conditions that could lead to mass layoffs (PHK), Commission IX requested that BPJS Ketenagakerjaan prepare schemes for easing and accelerating claim payments for affected participants.
Commission IX also urged the government to register and pay contributions for poor and indigent workers through a contribution assistance scheme in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 40 of 2004 on the National Social Security System.
In addition, improvements to the Company Reporting Information System (SIPP) were also a focus to provide certainty of protection for workers.
Regarding workers in the online transportation sector or popularly known as online motorcycle taxis (ojol), Commission IX pushed for the acceleration of issuing an umbrella legal framework regulating the obligations of application providers to pay BPJS Ketenagakerjaan contributions for partners, particularly in the Work Accident Insurance (JKK) and Death Benefit (JKM) programmes.
Commission IX also requested that BPJS Ketenagakerjaan prepare a short-term, medium-term, and long-term roadmap to achieve universal coverage of worker protection.