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Harianjogja.com, SLEMAN-— Department of Manpower and Transmigration [Disnakertrans] DIY held a plenary session on the Determination of Provincial Minimum Wages [UMP] on Friday (10/30/2020). In the session, the Salary Council decided that the UMP 2021 would increase by 4%.
“The consideration of the worker element is that the purchasing power of the people of Jogja has not diminished. That condition, the workers assume, the company will also make a profit. Therefore, workers feel that an increase in PMU is reasonable. And from the employers’ side, they’ve gotten a chest field, “DIY Disnaker’s head of Industrial Relations Aryanto Wibowo said on Friday.
He explained that there were two proposals for increasing UMP. Indonesian Employers Association [Apindo] proposed an increase in the PSU of 3.33%. Meanwhile, from the union element, it was suggested that 8% After deliberation, the Salary Council finally decided that the 2021 UMP would increase by 4%.
The increase rate of 4% equals 68,000 IDR. Therefore, if the DIY UMP this year is IDR 1,704,608, then in 2021 the figure will increase to IDR 1,772,608. The step to raise the UMP is slightly outside the standard ordered by the Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziah through a Circular (SE) of the Minister of Manpower (Menaker) numbered M / 11 / HK.04 / X / 202. In this circular, there are instructions to adjust the minimum wage for 2021 and 2020.
The man who is familiarly called Bowo went on to say that the determination of the UMP is the domain of the Provincial Wage Council. Meanwhile, the regional minimum wage of the UMR is the authority of the wage councils at the city or regency level. The increase in UMP 2021, Bowo added, is also not a benchmark for districts or cities to follow suit.
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As for UMK, the Governor will accommodate the salary councils in regencies or cities. Then they will recommend it to the mayor or the regent, “he said.
On the other hand, Faisal Makruf, Coordinator of the Jogjakarta Workers Alliance (Burjo) emphasized that the Yogyakarta Regional Government should establish a minimum wage for workers in accordance with the Needs of Decent Living. [KHL]. The reason is that KSPSI DIY previously conducted a survey related to labor income in Jogja. Then the results showed that the opinion of the Jogja workers was still far from the UMR. Let’s take an example from the city of Yogyakarta. The UMR for the city of Yogyakarta in 2020 is IDR 2,040,000. Meanwhile, the results of the KHL 2021 survey in Yogyakarta city reached Rp. 3,356,521. Meanwhile, the welfare level for workers in Yogyakarta City is only Rs 1,352,521.
“Faced with this pandemic situation, we ask the regional government to also provide a middle way if there are companies that have not been able to pay the minimum wage according to the KHL, for example by providing a suspension if it is shown that the company cannot pay the salary according to the KHL, “he said.
On that day, several people who joined the Indonesian Youth Struggle Front [FPPI] took action in front of the DIY Manpower office. The action stemmed from his concern about the central government’s policy of not increasing labor wages in 2021.
FPPI Representative Reyhan Majid said that the Circular of the Minister of Manpower number M / 11 / HK.04 / X / 2020 contains the Determination of Regional Minimum Wages [UMR] 2021 is proof that the central government has turned a deaf ear to the question of necessity. The Covid-19 pandemic should not be the reason for the central government to limit itself to formulating policies.
“The Covid-19 pandemic seems to be a trump card to impose the will of some circles. One of them is businessmen and the government. The multidimensional crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is used as an excuse for businessmen to reject the increase in wages in 2021. The circular is proof of the insufficient accommodation of aspirations, anxieties and real conditions of well-being of workers ”, he said.
In addition to the UMR case, FPPI also requested the local government through the DIY Disnaker to review Permenaker No. 18 of 2020 on the needs for a dignified life [KHL]. The new rule will not only add necessary items. This regulatory change is expected to remove the criteria for previously regulated needs in Pemenakertrans Number 13 of 2021.
“Workers must earn negative income to comply with the KHL. The low wages they receive are far from the Decent Living Needs figure. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, workers experienced increasing difficulties because they were threatened with various things in their work activities. Threats to occupational health and safety, the threat of dismissal for various reasons and even dismissal are problems that can reach workers at any time, “he said.
Survey of the Central Statistical Agency [BPS] He also mentioned that the average labor salary of Rs 2,785,000 was only 21.82% of the value added of the company, which reached Rs 12,083 trillion. On the other hand, entrepreneurs obtain 78.18% of the added value of the company that reaches 9.466 billion IDR. “This reinforces indications of economic or financial exploitation of DIY workers, resulting in high economic inequality in DIY,” he said.
