Workers earning less than Rs 60 million per year are still eligible for wage subsidies.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – General Secretary of the Ministry of Manpower (General Secretary of the Ministry of Manpower) Anwar Sanusi said that workers earning less than Rs 60 million a year will continue to receive assistance from the government in the form of wage subsidy.

This was conveyed by Anwar after a reduction in the number of wage subsidy recipients in the second term distribution.

“(Income) below Rs 60 crore will continue to receive salary or wage subsidies,” he told Kompas.com on Friday (11/13/2020).

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He said that the distribution of aid to the salary subsidy of period II was different from that of period I. Because the data on the beneficiaries of the salary subsidy of the second period were provided by the General Directorate of Taxes (DJP) of the Ministry of Finance, the KPK and the Superior Audit Agency (BPK).

Anwar added that the DGT verifies the data on the income tax (PPh) and the basic salary subsidy by the DGT.

The requirements for beneficiaries of wage subsidies are found in the Ministry of Labor Regulation (Permenaker) Number 14 of 2020 regarding the Guidelines to provide government assistance in the form of wage subsidies for workers / laborers in managing the impact of Corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19)

“Judging from the basic salary and income tax. As long as (the salary) is below 5 million rupees, it can still be obtained,” he explained.

The Ministry of Labor has channeled government assistance in the form of second-level salary or salary subsidy in period II to 2,713,434 beneficiaries.

With the distribution of phase II, the total number of workers disbursed by the Ministry of Manpower was 4,893,816 workers for the second period. The total budget that has been spent on stages I and II is Rs 5.8 trillion.

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