InfoSAWIT, LAMPUNG – About 1000 men in the Regency of Lampung Barat would get help from Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) Ketenagakerjaan that the fund derived from palm oil profit sharing.

Head of Infrastructure and Counseling, Livestock and Plantation Agency, Regency of Lampung Barat, Anton Wijaya said that when being with Head of Livestock and Plantation Agency Regency of Lampung Barat, Yudha Setiawan.

Anton thought in the regency there have been 15 smallholders or palm oil plantation owners and their workers that would get advantages from the program. Their dues would be paid in BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

“What we do in the agency is that to get data about the names of the smallholders. We would hand over everything to BPJS. The numbers of the dues to get help would be Rp 16.800 per person per month," Anton said, as InfoSAWT quoted from Media Lampung.

He also emphasized the helps in BPJS Ketenagakerjaan would be very significant and useful for the smallholders. “It is crucial to protect smallholders because they have high risk – kind of work. By having the help, they would be getting protection from risks of work and death,” he said.

This initiative showed that the regency is committed to deliver social protection for the smallholders that they are always put aside in social guarantee. By the cooperation between Livestock and Plantation Agency Lampung Barat and BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, it is hoped the smallholders would get more comfortable, protection when having their activities. (T2)