PT Gondola asked to pay compensation

PT Gondola asked to pay compensation

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta office of the Ministry of Manpower
has asked PT Gondola to pay compensation to the families of the
four workers who died recently in a work-related accident at the
Aryaduta Hotel on Jl. Prapatan, Central Jakarta.

"PT Gondola has to pay at least Rp 9 million (US$4,090) to the
families of each worker," the supervision head of the office,
Soekoyo, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.

Soekoyo said that the office has also suspended the repainting
of the hotel by the company until the repair of its equipment is
completed to secure the safety of its workers.

Four workers of PT Gondola were killed last week after the
platform supporting them dropped from the 17th floor of the
hotel. They were identified as Solihin, Jefri, Abdullah and
Nawir, all 20 year olds. The first three victims were from
Brebes, while Nawir was from Purwodadi, Central Java.

The four workers were not clients of the state-owned insurance
company PT Astek. Under Government Regulation Number 3, issued in
1992, companies are required to register their workers with PT
Astek's workers' social insurance.

Soekoyo said that his office has set next week as the deadline
for the payment of compensation, which should be given directly
to the victims' families.

PT Gondola, according to Soekoyo, promised to pay the
compensation to the workers' families in their residences in
Central Java.

Meanwhile, chief of the Central Jakarta Police precinct, Lt.
Col. Murawi Effendi, said there was no crime involved in the
incident. "It was completely an accident," he said.

Effendi disclosed that the accident was caused by a
combination of the absence of a security device on the gondola
and recklessness on the parts of the workers themselves. (29)