In order to ensure that its policies do not trigger any further outbreak of COVID-19, particularly in regards to allowing some factories to continue to operate during the pandemic, the Industry Ministry has issued a circular that obliges factories to report their implementation of safety protocols each week.
Previously, to ensure the continuity of industrial activities, the government implemented Large-Scale Social Restrictions (鈥�PSBB鈥�), the Ministry of Industry enacted Circular of the Minister of Industry No. 4 of 2020 on the Implementation of Factory Operations during the Period of Public Health Emergency of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (鈥�Circular 4/2020鈥�) and Circular No. 7 of 2020 on Guidelines for the Submission of Applications for Industrial Activity Implementation Permits during the Period of Public Health Emergency of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (鈥�Circular 7/2020鈥�).
In order to ensure that Industrial Companies and/or Industrial-Areas Companies, that have operational and mobility permits, carry out their industrial activities in accordance with the health and safety policies issued by the government during PSBB, the Ministry of Industry has further issued Circular of the Minister of Industry No. 8 of 2020 on Reporting Obligations for Industrial Companies and Industrial-Areas Companies that have Industrial Activities Operational and Mobility Permits (鈥�Circular 8/2020鈥�). This circular became effective on April 24, 2020 and will remain until the COVID-19 pandemic is declared over by the Indonesian government.
Circular 8/2020 stipulates that Industrial Companies and/or Industrial-Areas Companies, that have operational and mobility permits, must:鈥ㄢ��
- have a Standard Operational Procedures to implement the health protocol of handling COVID-19 in the operational and mobility of industrial activities;
- ensure the implementation of the health protocol of handling COVID-19 in the operational and mobility of industrial activities;
- report the implementation of industrial activities operational and mobility periodically every weekend through the SIINas portal (siinas.kemenperin.go.id) with the following procedures:
- Log in to SIINas (siinas.kemenperin.go.id) account;
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- Upload document of Report on Implementation of Industrial Activities Operational and Mobility with PDF file using the format as stipulated in appendix of Circular 8/2020;
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After the document is uploaded, click "Send"
In case of workers potentially infected with COVID-19, Industrial Companies and/or Industrial-Areas Company, that have operational and mobility permits, must conduct a medical examination to those workers, as well as sterilize the work area that has the potential to be a place of transmission of COVID-19.
In the event that Industrial Companies and/or Industrial-Areas Companies do not submit a report 3 (three) times for the reporting period, said companies will be subject to administrative sanctions in the form of revocation of their operational and mobility permits.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in unemployment due to its disruption on economic activity. Via its policies, the Government of Indonesia has taken the stance of continuing some industrial activity in order to ensure that those who are dependent on industrial jobs 鈥� one of Indonesia鈥檚 largest absorber of employment 鈥� do not fall into poverty.
Nevertheless, the circular shows that the government is aware of the risk involved in implementing such policies as it aims at ensuring that the continuity of industrial activity does not have the opposite effect of a wider spread of COVID-19 and thus worsening the condition that led to the stoppage of industrial activity caused by COVID-19 in the first place.