TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 in the Workplace in Indonesia
AU - Lestari, Fatma
AU - Cook, Margaret
AU - Johnstone, Kelly
AU - Wardhany, Miranda Surya
AU - Modjo, Robiana
AU - Widanarko, Baiduri
AU - Octaviani, Devie Fitri
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia Centre through Small, Rapid Research Grants with project reference number AICPAIRSRR4 and supported by grants from Universitas Indonesia International Grant Publication number NKB-576/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2021. Acknowledgments: This research has been presented at the 16th Multi-Hazards Symposiums 2021 in which only the abstract that has been published into the proceedings. We would like to acknowledge the great contribution of the National Occupational Safety and Health Council, particularly Istiati Suraningsih, Ghazmahadi, Abdul Hakim, Muhammad IdhamRima Melati, and Muhammad Isradi Zainal in data collection process. We also acknowledge all participants from the stakeholders, and organizations for their participation in this study.
Funding Information:
Funding: This project is sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia Centre through Small, Rapid Research Grants with project reference number AICPAIRSRR4 and supported by grants from Universitas Indonesia International Grant Publication number NKB-576/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2021.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic because of its worldwide spread. The COVID-19 pandemic does not only impact public health but also the operations of businesses and workers’ safety in their workplace. The objectives of this study were to provide a broad perspective of COVID-19 prevention and control implementation in industries, investigate barriers and challenges as well as drivers in implementing COVID-19 prevention and control, and provide key recommendations to the policy makers regarding COVID-19 prevention and control in industries. This study was conducted through online interviews with selected organizations in various industries which were selected by the granting body, including agriculture and animal husbandry; construction; manufacturing; and logistic and goods transportation. It also involved policy makers from government agencies including the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Health, Indonesian Safety and Health Council, International Labor Organization, and Indonesian COVID-19 Task Force. The participants of this study were chosen using convenience sampling. The findings of this study indicate that health protocols are implemented to varying degrees in companies, both within and across the sectors, and that drivers to comply with the Health Protocols include compliance, business continuity, and top management commitment. The significant barriers and challenges include a perceived lack of clear direction from the government, rapid changes in directives’, poor worker awareness, and limited organizational resources. The key recommendations to the policy maker include harmonization of the guidelines and legislation, additional schemes to provide funding in the COVID-19 prevention and control implementation, as well as facilitate the ongoing education of the general working public.
AB - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic because of its worldwide spread. The COVID-19 pandemic does not only impact public health but also the operations of businesses and workers’ safety in their workplace. The objectives of this study were to provide a broad perspective of COVID-19 prevention and control implementation in industries, investigate barriers and challenges as well as drivers in implementing COVID-19 prevention and control, and provide key recommendations to the policy makers regarding COVID-19 prevention and control in industries. This study was conducted through online interviews with selected organizations in various industries which were selected by the granting body, including agriculture and animal husbandry; construction; manufacturing; and logistic and goods transportation. It also involved policy makers from government agencies including the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Health, Indonesian Safety and Health Council, International Labor Organization, and Indonesian COVID-19 Task Force. The participants of this study were chosen using convenience sampling. The findings of this study indicate that health protocols are implemented to varying degrees in companies, both within and across the sectors, and that drivers to comply with the Health Protocols include compliance, business continuity, and top management commitment. The significant barriers and challenges include a perceived lack of clear direction from the government, rapid changes in directives’, poor worker awareness, and limited organizational resources. The key recommendations to the policy maker include harmonization of the guidelines and legislation, additional schemes to provide funding in the COVID-19 prevention and control implementation, as well as facilitate the ongoing education of the general working public.
KW - Business continuity during pandemic
KW - COVID-19 prevention and control
KW - Implementation of health protocols
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125803192&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su14052745
DO - 10.3390/su14052745
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125803192
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 14
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 5
M1 - 2745
ER -
