Jamsostek Amendment Expands Benefits

Government Regulation No. 53 of 2012 on the Eighth Amendment to Government Regulation No. 14 of 1993 on Organizing Worker’s Social Security Programs ("Eighth Amendment") has been issued to improve worker social security standards.

The Eighth Amendment revises Article 9; Article 22 (1), (2), (3); Article 26; and Appendix II (A2b, A3b, and A3c); and adds Article 22 (3a) and Appendix II (E4).

There is an improvement of the basis for calculating the health insurance fee from monthly wages, from a maximum of IDR 1,000,000 to a maximum of 2 (two) times the monthly non-taxable income of a married worker with one child (Pendapatan Tidak Kena Pajak-Tenaga Kerja Kawin dengan Anak 1/PTKP-K1) (Article 9 (4)). Currently, two times the PTKP-K1 is IDR 3,080,000.