Companies have to sign up their employees as Manpower Social Security Management Agency (BPJS) due to industrial and business are prone to work accident . Based on West Jakarta Manpower BPJS' data, there are 230 companies in the city during January-June 2014 have signed up BPJS.

Our target is 650 companies to join BPJS in a year. At this time, the target has reached 50 percent

"Our target is 650 companies to join BPJS in a year. At this time, the target has reached 50 percent," said Sunjana Achmad, West Jakarta BPJS Office head, Thursday (6/12).

According to Achmad, Jakarta Provincial Government role to socialize BPJS is important, especially inviting and giving information about company benefit when joining the program.

"Manpower BPJS has three main products, those are Work Accident, Death Insurance, and Old Age Insurance," he added.

The amount of insurance payment that businessman should pay is based on minimum payment received by the employees multiplied with premium precentage that must be paid such as Work Accident premium is 0.24 percent to 1.74 percent, while employees are free. The businessman should pay Death Insurance premium 0.30 percent, and employees are free. The Old Age Insurance premium is 3.70 percent and employess should pay 2 percent.

"The insurance premium paid by companies is useful as employee's severance if their working period is ended," he explained.