It Has Been Decided! Bekasi Wage Council Sets UMK Rp4.7 Million

Head of the Bekasi Regency Manpower Office, Suhup. (ANTARA/Pradita Kurniawan Syah).

JAKARTA - The Bekasi Regency Wage Council in West Java Province has set the district's minimum wage (UMK) in 2022 at IDR 4,791,843 based on applicable regulations. while our UMK alone this year is already Rp. 4.7 million. So for 2022 UMK is still using the 2021 UMK, there is no increase," said Head of the Bekasi Regency Manpower Office, Suhup in Cikarang, Tuesday. Bekasi Regency, namely elements of the government, entrepreneurs, workers, and academics which ended on Monday, November 22 evening. Suhup ensured that the determination of the 2022 UMK was in accordance with applicable regulations, namely Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation and Government Regulation (PP) Number 36 2021 is related to wages. "Based on the formula contained in the regulation, the upper limit of the Bekasi Regency UMK is only one ar Rp4,322,420 or cheaper than this year's wages," he said as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 23.

Suhup also stated that the workers' choice of attitude who chose to walk out during the discussion meeting did not change the meeting's outcome. in Bekasi Regency there is no increase," he said. The calculation of the 2022 UMK, he said, no longer refers to economic growth and inflation. "So inflation and economic growth are no longer calculated. There is already a formula, the lower and upper limits. The lower limit is Rp. 2,261,205 and the upper limit is Rp. 4,322,420," he said. The upper and lower limits of wages are carried out using the Wagepedia application. "The UMK can only be in the range between the upper and lower limits. So areas that already have a UMK higher than the upper limit of wages in that area will not increase," he said. According to him, the UMK is aimed at for employees whose tenure is less than one year. The company will increase the salary of employees according to the period of service. "Although it doesn't increase, the UMK in us is already high. And the UMK is usually only the basic salary, there are still others and it gets even bigger if there is overtime. Just because usually every year always goes up, this is what makes it hard for fellow workers," he said. He also considered the 2022 UMK increase in the neighboring city of Bekasi as a natural thing considering that the determination of the UMK amount refers to the applicable calculation formula. Bekasi has to increase even though it is only 0.71 percent. So the increase in the UMK in Bekasi City does not violate the rules," he said. By: Pradita Kurniawan Syah