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Government pledges compliance on minimum wage increase
The Manpower Ministry gave the public reassurance on Tuesday that all provinces in the country would increase minimum wages to the levels set by the government for next year.
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Collective demand: Thousands of members of the Indonesian Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) hold a rally in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta. Amid pressure from labor unions, the government said that all provincial administrations would increase minimum wages to the levels it set for next year. (JP/DON)
The Manpower Ministry gave the public reassurance on Tuesday that all provinces in the country would increase minimum wages to the levels set by the government for next year.
“As regulated, the UMP [provincial minimum wage] increase will not exceed 8.25 percent. Some provinces have reported their new minimum wage level for 2017 to us and we’re still waiting for word from others,” the ministry’s director for wage payments, Andriani, told The Jakarta Post.
The ministry previously said that the minimum wage increase for 2017 must be pegged at 8.25 percent, considering the basic macroeconomic assumptions for next year, like the level of inflation and economic growth. Over the past weeks, workers across the country staged protests demanding local administrations increase their wages by up to 25 percent next year.
The government has set Nov. 1 as the deadline for all provincial administrations to submit the final minimum wage levels for their respective regions. (adt/hwa)
