Apindo DKI Jakarta Wants To Invite Anies Baswedan To Sit Together To End The 2022 UMP Polemic

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) invites the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) to sit together to end the polemic of the 2022 provincial minimum wage (UMP).

This is in line with the decision of the DKI State Administrative Court (PTUN) which won the businessman's lawsuit regarding the determination of the 2022 UMP.

Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta Apindo DPP, Nurjaman, said that his party had been seeking legal certainty regarding the Jakarta UMP.

After the decision, Nurjaman hoped that the polemic over the Jakarta UMP would be over.

Therefore, Nurjaman said, his party opened the opportunity to discuss the PTUN decision regarding the 2022 UMP with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"So we invite you to sit down together so that we can end the polemic so that it doesn't drag on anymore. We are still in consultation with the team," he told reporters, Tuesday, July 12.

If the company has already implemented the Governor's Decree (Kepgub) 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage, said Nurjaman, with the PTUN decision, the salary of the employee could decrease.

Furthermore, Nurjaman said that the UMP is the minimum wage for workers with less than 1 year of service. This means that workers with more than 1 year of service have a salary that is higher than the UMP in accordance with the agreement between the worker and the company.

"It has been proven, the panel of judges annulled the governor's decision number 1517 (in 2021)," he said.

DKI UMP Canceled by PTUN

Previously, the DKI Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) canceled the decision of the Governor (Kepgub) of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan regarding the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) whose lawsuit was filed by a number of entrepreneurs.

The Jakarta Administrative Court via the Case Search Information System (SIPP) website reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 12, explained that the decision granted all claims from entrepreneurs.

There is also the plaintiff, namely the Regional Leadership Council of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) DKI Jakarta.

In addition to canceling the Gubernatorial Decree, the Jakarta Administrative Court in its ruling also required Anies, as the defendant, to revoke Gubernatorial Decree No. 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 UMP which was issued on 16 December 2021.

Another ruling is that Anies obliges Anies to issue a new State Administrative Decree regarding the 2022 UMP based on the recommendation of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council, namely the elements of the labor union Number: I/Depeprov/XI/2021 on November 15, 2021, amounting to Rp4,573,845.

The Jakarta Administrative Court also sentenced Anies as the defendant and the second defendants intervened jointly and severally to pay court fees of Rp. 642,000.

For your information, on January 13, 2022, Apindo DKI Jakarta officially filed a lawsuit against the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN).

Apindo sued Anies for revising the increase in the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for DKI in 2022 from 0.85 percent to 5.1 percent.

This lawsuit was registered at case number 11/G/2022/PTUN.JKT dated January 13, 2022. Apart from Apindo, Anies' other plaintiffs are PT Edico Utama and PT Century Textile Industry, Tbk.