Palembang UMK Increases To IDR 3,916,635
The Wage Council of Palembang City, South Sumatra, has agreed to increase the city minimum wage (UMK) by 6.5 percent from IDR 3,677,592 to IDR 3,916,635 or IDR 239,043.
The chairman of the Palembang Wage Council, Abdullah Anang, said that his party had held a meeting at the Palembang Manpower Service on Monday, December 16, 2024 and agreed to increase the UMK by 6.5 percent from Rp. 3,677,592 to Rp. 3,916,635.
"We have had a meeting and based on the recommendation of the Palembang City Wage Council, the increase in the UMK is 6.5 percent from Rp. 3,677,592 to Rp. 3,916,635 or Rp. 239,043," he said in Palembang, Antara, Tuesday, December 17.
He said that the calculation was in accordance with Article 5 paragraphs 1 and 2 and Article 6 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Regulation of the Minister of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia number 16 of 2024 concerning the determination of the minimum wage in 2025 that the determination of the minimum wage for 2025 in Palembang City is UMK 2024 plus an increase in the UMK 2025.
"We have submitted this agreement to the Acting (Pj) Mayor of Palembang," he said.
Meanwhile, the Acting Mayor of Palembang, Cheka Virgowansyah, confirmed that he had received the proposed wage increase.
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He said that the proposal would soon be submitted with the Governor of South Sumatra and would be ratified in January 2025.