Minimum Wage Controversy Every Year, DPR Prepares Solutions Through Law

JAKARTA - Commission IX of the House of Representatives plans to include a fixed provincial minimum wage (UMP) scheme in the discussion of the Draft Law (RUU) on the Third Amendment to Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Employment (revised Employment Law).

Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the House of Representatives, Yahya Zaini, said that this step was taken because the determination of UMP was often an annual problem that triggered the tug-of-war between labor and employers.

"Yes, the problem of UMP is one of the crucial issues in the revision of the Manpower Law. We hope that there will be a standard formula in determining UMP," he said when contacted, Wednesday, December 17.

According to Yahya, through the revision of the Manpower Law, the DPR hopes to present a wage policy that can accommodate the interests of all parties, both workers and business actors.

He explained that if the revision of the Manpower Law was passed, the UMP scheme would no longer undergo changes every year. The government will only adjust the amount of wages based on the fixed formula that has been set in the regulation.

"With the standard formula, UMP does not change every year. The government just has to make adjustments according to the formula that has been regulated," he said.

However, the Golkar Party politician has not been able to confirm the target time for discussing the revision of the Manpower Law. Currently, the revision has indeed been included in the national legislation program (Prolegnas) 2025-2026, but the discussion has not entered the substantive stage.

"Now we are still inviting sources from various professions and have not entered into discussion of the list of inventory of problems (DIM). We are still waiting for the DIM from the government," concluded Yahya.