JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Industry (Wamenperin) Faisol Riza opened his voice regarding the demands of workers who asked for the minimum wage next year to increase by 8.5 percent to 10.5 percent. Faisol mentioned the condition of the industry, which he said had only begun to recover from illness.
Therefore, the increase in the minimum wage needs to be discussed first with related parties. The increase in the minimum wage itself will be announced by the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) later.
"Yes, if you are sick, you are told to run away, right, maybe you should discuss it together," said Faisol when met after the 1 Year Event of the Prabowo-Gibran Government in Jakarta, Thursday, October 16.
According to the politician from the National Awakening Party (PKB), communication is needed to find a common ground between the wishes of workers and employers. In this case, the Ministry of Manpower is the institution that oversees it.
"I think if the condition is good, it just makes sense. But, if it's still not good, yes, it must be communicated in order to find a common ground between them," he said.
"I think the Ministry of Manpower will invite all of them later," he added.
Previously, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labor Party proposed an increase in the minimum wage of 2026 by 8.5 percent to 10.5 percent.
KSPI President and Labor Party President Said Iqbal said the proposal refers to the Constitutional Court Decree (MK) Number 168 which regulates the increase in the minimum wage calculated based on inflation, economic growth and certain indexes, taking into account the fulfillment of decent living needs (KHL).
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"Thus, KSPI and the Labor Party propose a minimum wage of 2026 to increase by 8.5 percent to 10.5 percent," he said in a written statement, Monday, August 11.
Based on the projected Research and Development of the Labor Party and KSPI, inflation in October 2024-September 2025 is estimated at 3.23 percent, economic growth at 5.1-5.2 percent and certain indexes at 1.0-1.4.
For the sectoral minimum wage, the additional increase is estimated to be 0.5-5 percent depending on the type of industry. KSPI and the Labor Party urge the government to set the UMP/UMK and UMSP/UMSK 2026 no later than October 30, 2025.
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