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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo mentioned a lot of misinformation and jokes that caused the Creation Labor Law to be rejected by the public.
One of them deals with the wages of workers who are paid by the hour.
“There are also those who say that the minimum wage is calculated by the hour. This is also not true,” Jokowi said in a press release at the Presidential Palace, Bogor, West Java, on Friday (09/10/2020).
The Head of State emphasized that there were no changes regarding the wages stipulated in Law No. 13/2003 on Manpower.
“There are no changes with the current system. Salaries can be calculated based on time and based on results,” he said.
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In fact, the Labor Law does not regulate wages in terms of production and time.
Meanwhile, the Employment Creation Law revised the Manpower Law by adding Article 88 B.
Paragraph (1) of article 88 B establishes that wages are determined based on the unit of time and / or the unit of performance.
Then, in article 88 B, paragraph 2), it is also explained that the additional provisions regarding unit yield and time wages are regulated in government regulations.
The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers’ Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, previously assessed that the addition of Article 88 B allows the payment of wages per unit of time, which can be the basis for the payment of hourly wages.
“Where is the hourly wage that is calculated per hour has been relayed by the Minister of Manpower, as we can trace from various reports in the media,” he said.
The demand of workers is to emphasize in the Employment Creation Law that there is no place for the application of hourly wages.
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Hourly wage schemes
In December 2019, Labor Minister Ida Fauziyah once explained the government’s decision to formulate an hourly wage scheme to support the flexibility of the workforce.
Hourly wage is awarded to workers who are subject to the Indonesian working time terms.
The working time in Law (UU) Number 13 of 2003 on Labor is 40 hours per week.
On the other hand, there are many professions whose working hours are below 40 hours a week, so it is considered necessary to carry out regulations that become their legal umbrella.
“Less than 35 hours a week, there is flexibility. Then it will be calculated by the hour,” said Labor Minister Ida Fauziyah, quoted by Antara. Happy, Monday (12/29/2019).
Ida said the new regulation would also provide flexibility for the business world and workers. This is because many sectors are considered to need workers on a multi-hour schedule.
Ida acknowledged that the policy plan had been communicated with business actors and unions. The hourly wage calculation scheme will be determined later.
“There must be provisions, there is a calculation formula,” Ida explained.
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Meanwhile, the coordinating economy minister, Airlangga Hartarto, said that the hourly wage payment scheme in the Job Creation Bill was only for service workers and part-time workers.
“So that’s a wrong acceptance. For example, hourly consultants are paid hourly, so it’s more about service workers or part-time workers,” he said.
“For example, working in a restaurant can be paid part time, which is why it is accommodated in the Law so that it becomes an hourly wage,” he said again.
Airlangga said that there is urgency in wage regulations for workers in the Job Creation Bill. The government wants all workers to enter the formal sector.
However, so far workers have entered two sectors, namely the formal sector and the informal sector.
“We need to provide opportunities for the formal sector. If we work in restaurants, the salary is based on those who work in restaurants. We have to accommodate this. All labor sectors must be accommodated,” he said.
