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Indonesia to chair Asian countries' compensation forum for workers

Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Indonesia will lead Asian countries in tackling compensation issues for workers from 2016-2018 after the country was appointed Wednesday as chair of the Asian Working Compensation Forum (AWCF), a government agency said.

The appointment was made at the International Forum on Disability Management, which is now taking place on Nov. 22-24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to President Director Agus Susanto of the Indonesian social assurance for workers agency, BPJS-TK.

Susanto said that under Indonesia's chairmanship five priorities would be tackled, namely, improving participation of social assurance agencies, enhancing cooperation with other international agencies, boosting training for workers, enhancing workers' skills and providing social assurance for migrant workers.

"Through an active synergy, this forum has great potentials to develop standards to be used as the reference in providing compensation for workers experiencing mishaps in their workplaces," he said in a statement. Endit