Please check, phase II of the wage subsidy has started to be distributed to 3 million workers

Reporter: Lidya Yuniartha | Editor: Khomarul Hidayat

KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. The government has again disbursed wage subsidies for private employees whose salaries are less than 5 million rupees a month. Labor Minister Ida Fauziyah said phase II wage subsidy aid had begun to be distributed to 3 million workers.

According to him, this was done after the Ministry of Manpower verified the data provided by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

“We received the second phase on September 1, 2020 we did Check list, in the operational guidelines a maximum of 4 days. It was finished today, after completing it, we immediately transmitted it to the Office of the State Treasury Service (KPPN).

From the KPPN it is distributed directly to the channel bank, in this case the himbara bank, from the himbara bank it is transferred directly to the possible beneficiaries of the salary subsidy program, whether they are government or private banks, “explained Ida, Friday (4/9 ).

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Meanwhile, the criteria for receiving wage subsidy assistance according to Permenaker 14/2020 are Indonesian citizens as evidenced by a population identification number, registered as active participants in the BPJS employment social security program as evidenced by a membership number, workers / need recipients of wages / salaries, membership up to June 2020.

Another requirement is that an active participant in the social security program for employment who pays contributions with the amount of the contribution calculated based on a salary / salary less than IDR 5 million according to the last salary / salary reported by the employer to BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and registered with BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, and having an active bank account.

Meanwhile, the government is targeting the beneficiaries of this wage subsidy assistance to be 15.7 million people, of which the total budget prepared is Rs 37.7 trillion.

Subsequently, this subsidized assistance will be transferred directly to the beneficiaries in 2 stages. The assistance provided is IDR 600,000 per month for 4 months.