Jokowi issues a presidential decree, salary and PPPK subsidies the same with public officials

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo issued Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 98 of 2020 on salaries and benefits for public employees with labor agreement (PPPK).

The Presidential Regulations were promulgated on September 29, 2020.

Perpres regulates the amount of PPPK salaries and benefits, which are the same as for public officials in central and regional government agencies.

The beleid is enshrined in article 2, paragraph 2 and article 4, paragraph 1 of the Presidential Decree.

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“PPPK, who is appointed to perform the functions of the position referred to in paragraph (1), receives a salary that is largely based on class and group work time as mentioned in the Appendix that is part integral part of this Presidential Regulation “, says Article 2 Paragraph 2 of Presidential Decree No. 98 of 2020.

“The PPPKs who are appointed to carry out their duties as mentioned in article 2, paragraph (1), receive assignments in accordance with the assignments for public officials in the government agencies where PPPK works,” indicated the provisions of the PPPK allocations based on article 4, paragraph 1, of Presidential Regulation 98/2020.

According to Presidential Regulations, PPPK is also entitled to receive regular and special salary increases.

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Article 3 Paragraph 3 establishes that the technical salary increase is regulated in a Regulation of the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform.

The benefits that PPPK gets consist of family allowances, food, structural charges, functional charges and other benefits.

Then, Perpres also stipulates that PPPK salaries and allowances in central government agencies are borne by APBN.

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Meanwhile, PPPK salaries and allowances in local government agencies are borne by the APBD.

Subsequently, more technical provisions will be regulated to regulate PPPK salaries and benefits in central government agencies through a Regulation of the Ministry of Finance.

As for the salaries and technical subsidies of the PPPK in local government agencies, it will be regulated by a Regulation of the Ministry of the Interior.