Only 7.9 Million West Java Workers Are Covered by BPJS Employment
BANDUNG — All workers should have employment social security, as this protection is essential to providing workers and their families with security against various risks.
According to BPJS Employment President Director Saiful Hidayat, as of September 2026, around 50.91 million of Indonesia’s potential workforce of 129.9 million were active members of BPJS Employment.
In West Java, only 7.9 million of the province’s estimated 22.5 million workers were registered with BPJS Employment.
“This situation demonstrates the importance of massively strengthening public awareness of employment social security,” Saiful Hidayat told reporters recently.
Saiful said collaboration with government, stakeholders, the media and influencers was needed to expand the reach of information and raise awareness among workers—both wage recipients (PU) and non-wage recipients (BPU)—of the importance of employment social security protection.
“We work closely with local government, in this case Governor KDM. He has the Asuransi Aing programme, which provides protection for 5.4 million informal workers. They will be registered with BPJS Employment next year. This collaboration is a strategic effort to expand coverage with the support and commitment of local government at provincial and regency or municipal levels,” Saiful said.
BPJS Employment is continuing to strengthen its services through the 3C approach: Coverage, Care and Credibility. Coverage means extending protection to more workers. Care is reflected in concern for members and making services easier to access. Credibility is reinforced by maintaining public trust through professional service, accurate information and good governance.
Through its Value Beyond Protection initiative, BPJS Employment also aims to provide added value both when risks do not occur and after they do, rather than limiting its role to providing protection when a risk arises.
One practical expression of Value Beyond Protection under the Care pillar is the Economic Empowerment and Beneficiary Independence programme (PEKA). Through the programme, BPJS Employment not only provides benefits to members but also supports their surviving family members in becoming self-reliant after receiving compensation.
PEKA provides members and beneficiaries with financial literacy and skills training, including in entrepreneurship, cooking, sewing, barista work and digital marketing. The knowledge and skills are intended to open up employment and business opportunities. This should help beneficiaries manage compensation wisely according to their needs and plans, and use it as business capital to establish a sustainable source of income.
The approach underscores that BPJS Employment protection does not end with the payment of benefits when a risk occurs; it also seeks to support the continued wellbeing of members and their families. Through PEKA, surviving family members are expected to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to recover and achieve economic independence.
Meanwhile, Deny Yusyulian, head of BPJS Employment’s West Java Regional Office, said the agency would continue strengthening collaboration with the media and influencers as part of an adaptive, sustainable communications strategy. Through the 904 Jamsfluencer initiative, the agency hopes to build on existing partnerships and make a tangible contribution to public awareness of the importance of social security.
“We hope this meeting will lead to stronger and more sustainable collaboration. We want to build a consistent, creative partnership between BPJS Employment, media colleagues and influencers that can reach all sections of society. The wider the information is disseminated, the greater the opportunity for workers to obtain protection,” Deny said.