THR PNS Settled Friday, Private Employees Be Patient First Page All

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government through the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) declared that the vacation allowance (THR) for public officials (PNS), as well as members of the TNI and Polri will be delivered as scheduled this year.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that despite state finances being tightened amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state civilian apparatus (ASN), including members of TNI / Polri, would continue earning THR rights this year.

According to Sri Mulyani, for this year’s THR, the government allocated a budget of Rp 29,382 billion. This amount is less compared to last year’s THR budget of Rp 40 billion.

“So the total THR was disbursed on Friday (05/15/2020) Rp 29,382 trillion,” he said.

ASN THR disbursement decision contained in the Letter of the Minister of Finance Number S-343 / MK / .02 / 2020 addressed to the Minister of PAN-RB.

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In the letter, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani made several changes regarding the granting of THR to public officials, TNI soldiers, members of the National Police, state officials and pension beneficiaries. This is because the government is currently focusing on managing the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic.

Sri Mulyani said that the only THR level III officials who received THR and fewer were not full, as in previous years. While Step I, II, and other officials did not obtain a THR.

According to him, the amount of THR for ASN includes the basic salary and the inherent benefits. Meanwhile, performance subsidies (TUKIN) are not included in this year’s THR PNS component.

To calculate the THR amount for public officials, the value is calculated based on the total base salary received by public officials and the benefits associated with them.

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In more detail, he continued, this PNS budget consisted of central PNS, TNI and Polri in the amount of IDR 6,775 billion, pensioners in the amount of IDR 8,708 billion and regional PNS in the amount of IDR 13,889 billion.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Human Resources (Menaker), Ida Fauziyah, reminded employers to pay religious holiday allowances to their workers in a timely manner.

“Religious THR is a non-wage income that employers must pay workers / workers, no later than 7 days before religious holidays,” Ida said Monday (05/11/2020).

Ida explained that religious THR is regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Human Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, number 6 of 2016, in relation to subsidies of religious holidays for workers / workers of the company.

This Human Resources Regulation is derived from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 78 of 2015 on wages.

“Employers who are late to pay religious THRs to workers are subject to fines, while employers who do not pay THRs may be subject to administrative penalties until termination of part of the business,” he said.

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Previously, Ida had issued circular letter number (SE) M / 6 / HI.00.01 / V / 2020 regarding the implementation of the 2020 religious vacation allowance at the company during the pandemic period of the disease of the Corona virus 2019 (Covid-19).

In SE, Ida asked governors to ensure that companies pay religious THR to workers in accordance with legal provisions.

In compiling this THR Religious Circular, Ida stated that the Ministry of Human Resources had had several dialogues with employers who were members of Apindo and with unions.

This THR SE has also been discussed and has become an agreement with the National Agency for Tripartite Cooperation (LKS Tripnas) that establishes the preparation for the implementation of the THR taking into account the economic conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic by adding financial reporting at the company level.

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Ida explained the options that companies could not pay THR to their employees in a timely manner.

Companies that cannot pay THR in a timely manner must first dialogue to reach an agreement with their workers.

Some private employee THR payment options include THR not paid in full or THR is still paid in full, but withdrawal is postponed.

Furthermore, the SE emphasized that the agreement on the time and method of payment of THRs and religious fines did not eliminate the obligation of employers to pay THRs and fines, in accordance with legal provisions, and that they were paid in 2020.

(Source: KOMPAS.com/Rully R Ramly, Fika Nurul Ulya, Mutia Fauzia | Editor: Yoga Sukmana, Sakina Setiawan)