Badung Dismisses 25 Contract Civil Servants for Absenteeism

Mangupura — Badung dismissed 25 Pegawai Pemerintah dengan Perjanjian Kerja (PPPK), government employees hired under contract, after they were found to have violated attendance rules during 2026, according to reports published on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.

The disciplinary action formed part of a wider review involving 51 civil servants in the Badung regency administration. Officials said 26 employees had received sanctions: 25 PPPK were dismissed with honor, not at their own request, while one civil servant received a 12-month cut to performance allowances for violating civil-service neutrality rules.

Why the Badung dismissals matter to foreign residents

For foreigners living in or visiting Badung, the case is chiefly a sign of tighter accountability inside the local administration. The Badung Human Resources and Development Agency, known locally as BKPSDM, said attendance monitoring had been strengthened, including through facial-recognition attendance systems. The agency said this allows suspected violations to be identified more quickly.

The reports distinguish between employees already sanctioned and those still under review. Of the 51 civil servants involved, 25 had not yet completed the examination or disciplinary-hearing process when the reports were published. Officials had not set a completion date for those cases.

The attendance cases involved failure to report for work without a valid reason. The separate case against one civil servant concerned the neutrality obligations that apply to Indonesian government employees. The reports did not identify the agencies where the employees worked.

Officials said the remaining cases were being scheduled for examination or disciplinary hearings. Employees already under investigation could have their salaries temporarily suspended while the disciplinary process continued, according to the reports.

Sources

• detikBali — regional news report
• Bali Post — regional news organisation
• bali.tribunnews.com